Yoshihide Munekuni, Honda Chairman, Elected to Lead Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Press Releases. JAMA

			Yoshihide Munekuni, Honda Chairman, Elected to Lead Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) [May 16, 2002] For Release Contact: Charles Powers 202 452 1670 Washington, D.C.—May 16, 2002—The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) elected Yoshihide Munekuni to be the new JAMA Chairman at their General Assembly in Tokyo today. Mr. Munekuni is the Chairman of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Mr. Munekuni succeeds the former JAMA Chairman, Hiroshi Okuda, who is Toyota Motor Corporation’s Chairman. Mr. Munekuni is the first JAMA Chairman from Honda. Like Mr. Okuda, Mr. Munekuni will serve a two-year term as JAMA Chairman. Prior to assuming the Chairmanship of Honda in June 1997, Mr. Munekuni was the Chief Operating Officer for Honda’s Automobile Sales Operations. Mr. Munekuni joined Honda in 1966 and has spent most of his career with Honda’s operations in the United States. His earlier career assignments included Director, and then Executive Vice President, of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. By 1989, Mr. Munekuni served as President and Director of Honda North America, Inc. responsible for company operations in the United States and Canada. In 1990 he was named Chairman of Honda North America, Inc. Mr. Munekuni, a native of Hiroshima, graduated from Hosei University with a B.A. degree in economics.