Brief summary of Takashi Fukuda
The photo was taken at the Taj Mahal during my time stationed in India. I graduated from the Electronics Department of a prefectural industrial high school in Kanagawa Prefecture, and after working for about four years, I studied English and moved to the United States. At Louisiana State University, I studied sociology after an orientation program. I returned to Japan two years later and changed my initial plans. I joined the Overseas Business Division of Hiraoka Shoji Co., Ltd., handling overseas sales of textile machinery, machine tools, and materials for markets in the United States, Mexico, and Asia. In 1984, I took a three-month night course in Chinese at the Kasumigaseki-Kaikan in Tokyo, where I learned the basics of the language. After working in the overseas business division of a trading company for 12 years, I worked in the Aircraft Equipment Division of the Japan branch of ABEX NWL Co., handling sales of hydraulic equipment for aircraft and servo valves for power plants in Japan and Asia. From 2000, I worked at Nakan Co., Ltd., where I was responsible for overseas sales of LCD panel manufacturing lines (stationed in Taiwan). From 2003, I worked at UEMS Co., Ltd., handling overseas sales of textile machinery and machine tools (stationed in India). From 2007, I worked as Senior Director for the Japanese branch of Wolverine Advanced Materials Inc. in the United States, responsible for sales to Japan and South Korea. In 2009, I established Tatembow International, where I expanded sales as the sole representative in Japan for Jinmyong Trading in South Korea and Yuefeng Technology Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. Since 2017, I have been contracted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry to support sales channel expansion for factories in disaster-affected areas as part of the Fukushima Reconstruction Project. In 2018, I entered into business partnerships with Bagi Co., Ltd. in Vietnam and Tsinghua Electronics in Hong Kong.
Hobbies: Mountain climbing, photography, reading, and playing the guitar. (In 1973, when I was in high school, I purchased a six-string Yamaki guitar. Over the years, I bought and sold various guitars but never let go of this six-string, which is still in use today. In addition to this Yamaki guitar, I now own a 12-string Yamaki, a 6-string K. Yairi, a 6-string Antonio Sanzes, a Yamaha Pacifica electric guitar, and a Famous ukulele.)