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SHIGENOBU NAGAMORI

Nidec CEO Mitsuya Kishida faced a barrage of questions from investors about Nidec¡¯s survival during the firm's general shareholders meeting on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2026
Nidec investors vent frustrations over scandal at annual meeting
CEO Mitsuya Kishida faced a barrage of questions about Nidec¡¯s survival as well as deep skepticism about his plan to turn the business around.
Makino Milling Machine's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2024
Â鶹´«Ã½ Nidec takes aim at Makino Milling with $1.6 billion unsolicited bid
Nidec said Makino¡¯s board had not agreed to the ?11,000 per share offer, a 42% premium to Thursday¡¯s closing share price, as it had not proposed the bid before announcing it.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2022
The humiliating fall of Nidec billionaire¡¯s handpicked successor
The story of Jun Seki¡¯s time at the company is a cautionary tale of the risks of taking over from a self-made titan who finds it near-impossible to pass the reins.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2022
President of Japanese motor-maker Nidec resigns over weak earnings
Jun Seki, president and chief operating officer who once held the chief executive position, will resign to take responsibility for a deterioration in the company¡¯s earnings, the firm said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2022
Nidec¡¯s COO to resign after being sidelined by founder Shigenobu Nagamori
The move underscores the Japanese company¡¯s struggles to put a succession plan for its aging founder in place.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ aging billionaires think they are indispensable. That¡¯s a problem.
Â鶹´«Ã½ aging and hard-working corporate founders don¡¯t know when to walk away.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2022
Nidec reappoints chairman Shigenobu Nagamori as CEO as it posts 17% fall in profit
Electric motor-maker Nidec Corp. posted a 17% drop in fourth quarter operating profit and announced a change in leadership Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2022
Nidec founder sours on CEO successor after less than a year
Chairman Shigenobu Nagamori says it was naive of him to bring in someone from outside and appoint that person as successor, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2021
Unhappy with profitability, Nidec founder pushes on targets
Nagamori recently told his senior managers that they need to do more to boost Nidec¡¯s business performance
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2021
Billionaire founder of Nidec hands reins to ex-Nissan star
Shigenobu Nagamori is stepping down almost half a century after founding his pioneering motor maker on the family farm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2018
Under visionary Shigenobu Nagamori, precision motor-maker Nidec sees EVs driving future profits
Since starting Nidec in 1973 in a tiny Kyoto shed with just three workers, Shigenobu Nagamori has built it into the world¡¯s top maker of precision motors and became one of Â鶹´«Ã½ most venerated business leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2018
Are robots all hype? Nidec may have the answer
Motor maker Nidec, a bellwether for manufacturing trends, has been investing heavily in automation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2016
Precision motor-maker Nidec to expand outside Japan with $1.2 billion purchase of Emerson Electric businesses
Precision motor-maker Nidec Corp. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion (about ?120 billion) for the motors, drives and electric power generation business of Emerson Electric Co., adding customers in Europe and North America in its largest purchase ever.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2015
Ambition and ego: Inside Nagamori¡¯s Nidec
Ambition matters more than brains in Shigenobu Nagamori¡¯s world. As chief executive officer of Japanese motor maker Nidec, Nagamori is known for his eccentric management style.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2015
Nidec¡¯s 70-year-old CEO plans to run company 15 more years
Shigenobu Nagamori plans to lead Nidec Corp. until he hits his latest financial target, a 10-fold increase in revenue he expects by 2030. He¡¯ll be 85 then.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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