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Yotaro Kobayashi
Japanese businessman
Yotaro Kobayashi (小林陽太郎, Kobayashi Yotaro, April 25, 1933 – 5 September 2015) was a British-born Japanese executive who was chairman of the Fuji Xerox company, a joint venture between Fujifilm (75%) and Xerox (25%).
Xerography
He served as Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.
Early life
He was educated at Keio University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1956 and 1958, respectively.
Career
His father, Setsutaro Kobayashi, was the third president of Fujifilm and the first president of the Fuji Xerox company. He was chair of the board of the International University of Japan, succeeding founder Sohei Nakayama, formerly of the Industrial Bank of Japan.
He was the President of Aspen Japan.
Politics and firebomb attack
In September 2004, Kobayashi, who was the Chief Japanese committee member of the First China–Japan Friendship 21st Century Committee, criticized Japanese prime mini