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Producer of Saki, Wine & Spirits; Importer of Wines & Spirits; Manufacturer of Pharmaceutical Products & Agricultural Feed

President & CEO
Yuji Okabe
Number of Employees 1,251
Contact Information

5-8 Kyobashi 1-chome

Tokyo

(81) 3 3231 3910

NAICS Code Wineries: 312130

News & Analysis

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  • Richard North, The Origins of Beowulf: From Beowulf to Wiglaf

    - 2008-09-22

    Richard North, The Origins of Beowulf: From Beowulf to Wiglaf (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), xviii + 368 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-920661-2. 68.00 [pounds sterling]. Richard North's assertion in this fascinating and wide-ranging monograph is that Beowulf was composed, some time in the late 820s, as an ambivalent monument to...

    Tags: Mercian Corp., North, Oxford University Press

  • "It's a game of cat and mouse"

    - 2008-08-01

    Forward Operating Base FOB Keenan, which lies in the village of Zumbelay, about 15km from Gereshk, Afghanistan, was captured by The Mercian Regiment last year. The mud and stone walls of the former farmer's compound bear the scars of erratic Taliban small-arms fire and Rocket Propelled Grenades. When 3...

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  • CONCISE CROSSWORD No. 945

    - 2008-03-23

    SC FOR 1Dn/25Ac By Mass The entries marked "?" have something in common suggested by the unclued answers indicated above the grid, forming the puzzle's title Across 1 Serene (6) 4 Devastation (5) 8 Nasal discharge (5) 9...

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  • Anglo-Saxon England

    - 2008-03-22

    Anglo-Saxon England, 34 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). x + 566 pp. ISBN 0-52x-84906-3. 90.00 [pounds sterling]. Anglo-Saxon England continues to be the premier journal for Anglo-Saxon studies. Maddicott examines the role of London and Droitwich in the development of the Mercian economy; Story discusses the Frankish annals' importance for...

    Tags: Cambridge University Press, Mercian Corp.

  • City plans a heroes' welcome

    - 2007-12-02

    HUNDREDS of hero troops who have returned from Afghanistan will parade through their home city this week. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment Worcesters and Foresters will march through Nottingham on Tuesday. People are invited to line the route for 350 troops...

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  • City plans a heroes' welcome

    - 2007-12-02

    HUNDREDS of hero troops who have returned from Afghanistan will parade through their home city this week. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment Worcesters and Foresters will march through Nottingham on Tuesday. People are invited to line the route for 350 troops...

    Tags: Mercian Corp.

  • Three British troops killed in Helmand

    - 2007-09-23

    By Rachel Shields Three British soldiers died last week in incidents connected with Operation Palk Wahel in southern Afghanistan. Colour Sergeant Phillip Newman, 36, and Private Brian Tunnicliffe, 33, of the Mercian Regiment Worcesters and Foresters were killed in a vehicle accident near Gereshk on Thursday as they...

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  • Soldiers killed in crash named

    - 2007-09-22

    Home News IN BRIEF --Two British soldiers killed in a road accident in Afghanistan were named today by the Ministry of Defence. Colour Sergeant Phillip Newman of 4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment and Pte Brian Tunnicliffe of 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment Worcesters and Foresters died at about...

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  • The boys from company B

    - 2007-09-02

    Soldiers from the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment on operations in Afghanistan. The Helmand river is searched for a soldier with a gunshot wound, who is taken away for urgent medical help by helicopter. The 22nd Cheshire Regiment, the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters will combine as...

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  • FASHION: Incoming ...

    - 2006-09-30

    On yer bike! Paul Smith, a lifelong cycling enthusiast, has joined forces with manufacturers Mercian to create six new designs right. Available from November, call 020-7379 7133 for details. To celebrate the 10 years of their fashion diaries, the high-end stationers Smythson are launching planners from four designers: Alexander McQueen,...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Yuji Okabe President & CEO
Kunihiko Shimizu Executive Vice President
Jun Ono Senior Vice President
Masaaki Oshitani Senior Vice President
Masahide Takai Senior Vice President
Shuji Tsuchimoto Senior Vice President, Sales Dept
Yasuteru Sakamoto Senior Vice President
Yukimichi Tamura Senior Vice President, Finance Dept
Kichizo Suko Vice President, Executive Officer
Arata Hoki Executive Managing Director
Junkichi Mashino Executive Managing Director
Tetsuji Saeki Executive Managing Director
Tsuyoshi Murakami Executive Officer, General Manager
Akira Matsunaga Executive Officer
Masumi Nakamura Executive Officer
Shunsuke Sejima Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Shumsuke Inamori Board of Directors
Tadao Suzuki Board of Directors
Yoshihiko Miyauchi Board of Directors

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Mercian Corporation President & CEO Current
Mercian Corporation President & COO Former

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Yoshihiko Miyauchi has been a Director of The Japan Fund since 1996. He began his career at Nichimen & Co., Ltd. in 1960 and worked there four years before entering ORIX Corporation, a leading diversified financial services company, as one of the founding 13 members in 1964. He became a Director in 1970 and was appointed President and CEO in 1980, a position he held until he assumed his present role as Chairman and CEO in April 2000. In his term as CEO, he has overseen the development of ORIX into a diversified financial services company that has continued to be on the forefront of innovation.

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