About Keiji Tachikawa
Born 1939. Keiji Tachikawa is a Japanese businessperson and japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
is a Japanese businessman who served as president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Keiji Tachikawa was born in Gifu Prefecture on May 27, 1939. He graduated from University of Tokyo, Department of Electrical Engineering School of Engineering, in 1962. In 1978, he earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
In 2004, Tachikawa became president of JAXA, to restructure the agency after a 2003 H-IIA rocket launch failure. He served as president until 2013.
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Who is Keiji Tachikawa?
Japanese businessman
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Keiji Tachikawa was born on 27 May 1939 in Ōgaki-shi, Gifu Prefecture.
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