KYOTO -- Yoshio Tateishi, a former president of Japanese electronic parts and medical device maker Omron, died Tuesday at a hospital in Kyoto after being infected with the novel coronavirus. He was 80.
The third son of founder Kazuma Tateishi, he joined Omron's precursor, Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Co., in 1963. At the age of 47 while serving as a managing director of the company, Tateishi succeeded his elder brother, Takao, as president. He implemented a series of internal changes, including the new corporate name and the introduction of a holding company.
