Yasuo has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate and financial communications. He began his career with Nissan Motor Company as a PR and IR specialist, where he learned the traditional Japanese style of doing business. “Don’t be deceived by the business suits,” Yasuo says. “They are still wearing Samurai Kimono at heart.”

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Yasuo has held director-level positions at Prudential Investment and Moody’s Corporation, as well as four global PR consulting agencies with clients including Wilber Ross, Standard & Poor’s, Parex Bank, Visa International, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Societe Generale, Aetna International, GE Capital, LTCB Warburg Securities, Allstate Automobile Insurance, NASDAQ Japan, ICAP and World Gold Council.

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Yasuo holds LL.B in US Commercial Codes from Keio University and a professional interpreter’s certificate from Simul Academy Tokyo. He is a member of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

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