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Cluster Manager
	Junji Togawa [Career Summary] A former employee of ITOCHU Corporation, Mr. Togawa has spent more than 20 years in overseas postings in Sydney, Taipei, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, New York, etc. [Comment] Higashi-OsakaCity is home to many companies that possess superb skills and technologies of which they can justifiably boast of to the world. In addition, there are a lot of energetic companies that despite their small size make a continuous effort to develop their business, which is very encouraging. Based on my own experience in the field, I would like to work hard alongside these companies in an effort to spur them on to even greater things and assist them in cultivating their markets.

Cluster Manager

Junji Togawa

[Career Summary] A former employee of ITOCHU Corporation, Mr. Togawa has spent more than 20 years in overseas postings in Sydney, Taipei, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, New York, etc.

[Comment] Higashi-OsakaCity is home to many companies that possess superb skills and technologies of which they can justifiably boast of to the world. In addition, there are a lot of energetic companies that despite their small size make a continuous effort to develop their business, which is very encouraging.
Based on my own experience in the field, I would like to work hard alongside these companies in an effort to spur them on to even greater things and assist them in cultivating their markets.

Sub-cluster Manager (market specialists)
	Hiroshi Yurugi [Career Summary] A former employee of Marubeni Corporation, Mr. Yurigi has worked in San Francisco, Malaysia (on dispatch to an aluminum extrusion company), and Ohio (starting up a company making automotive-use heat exchangers). [Comment] Over the past 43 years, I have experienced purely domestic trade as well as import/export and tripartite trade, in addition to handling a host of different kinds of products such as fabrics, metals and versatile industrial products. Moreover, I have experienced working as manager in charge of on-site operations at overseas ventures established by Japanese makers. Peppered by such experiences, my entire business career so far has been spent in the trading company field devoted to sales. At Higashi-Osaka City Monozukuri Cluster, I want us all to think together about the tasks involved in market cultivation for energetic Higashi-Osaka companies. In order to achieve concrete results by staying close to the production site, using my own limited abilities to the full, I would like to assist you until we obtain good results by building on my relationship with you over the past three years as a market cultivation coordinator.
	Jun Amma [Career Summary] Employed by ITOCHU Corporation for approx. 38 years, during which time he spent approx. 15 years in overseas posts including in South Africa, India, Australia, etc. In Japan, he has worked in Osaka, Tokyo and Shikoku. [Comment] During my time at ITOCHU, I experienced handling a wide variety of products and was also involved on numerous occasions in cultivating new products and markets. With the Higashi-Osaka Industry Promotion Program, I would like to carry out coordination in a way that is conducive to building up good relationships between Higashi-Osaka companies and worldwide buyers and sellers. I would be grateful for your support in this endeavor.

Sub-cluster Manager (market specialists)

Hiroshi Yurugi

[Career Summary] A former employee of Marubeni Corporation, Mr. Yurigi has worked in San Francisco, Malaysia (on dispatch to an aluminum extrusion company), and Ohio (starting up a company making automotive-use heat exchangers).

[Comment] Over the past 43 years, I have experienced purely domestic trade as well as import/export and tripartite trade, in addition to handling a host of different kinds of products such as fabrics, metals and versatile industrial products.
Moreover, I have experienced working as manager in charge of on-site operations at overseas ventures established by Japanese makers. Peppered by such experiences, my entire business career so far has been spent in the trading company field devoted to sales. At Higashi-Osaka City Monozukuri Cluster,
I want us all to think together about the tasks involved in market cultivation for energetic Higashi-Osaka companies. In order to achieve concrete results by staying close to the production site, using my own limited abilities to the full, I would like to assist you until we obtain good results by building on my relationship with you over the past three years as a market cultivation coordinator.

Jun Amma

[Career Summary] Employed by ITOCHU Corporation for approx. 38 years, during which time he spent approx. 15 years in overseas posts including in South Africa, India, Australia, etc. In Japan, he has worked in Osaka, Tokyo and Shikoku.

[Comment] During my time at ITOCHU, I experienced handling a wide variety of products and was also involved on numerous occasions in cultivating new products and markets. With the Higashi-Osaka Industry Promotion Program,
I would like to carry out coordination in a way that is conducive to building up good relationships between Higashi-Osaka companies and worldwide buyers and sellers. I would be grateful for your support in this endeavor.

Engineering Coordinator
	Akira Nishimura [Career Summary]Involved with technical assistance for small and medium-sized companies for 42 years at the Technology Research Institute of Osaka Prefecture and Tech Plaza Higashiosaka. [Comment]Over the past few decades, I have worked enjoyed working on testing, research and other technical projects with companies in Higashi Osaka as well as Osaka Prefecture at large in metal and other industries. As the new technical coordinator for the Higashi-Osaka Industry Promotion Program, I will be assisting member companies with their technological improvements as well as new product and market developments. I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Engineering Coordinator

Akira Nishimura

[Career Summary]Involved with technical assistance for small and medium-sized companies for 42 years at the Technology Research Institute of Osaka Prefecture and Tech Plaza Higashiosaka.

[Comment]Over the past few decades, I have worked enjoyed working on testing, research and other technical projects with companies in Higashi Osaka as well as Osaka Prefecture at large in metal and other industries. As the new technical coordinator for the Higashi-Osaka Industry Promotion Program, I will be assisting member companies with their technological improvements as well as new product and market developments. I look forward to hearing from everyone.

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