About Osamu Matsubara
Lived 1917 – 2012 (aged 94). Osamu Matsubara was a Japanese businessperson.
was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya.
Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002. Outside Japan, Matsubara oversaw the 2007 relocation of Books Kinokuniya's New York City location from Rockefeller Center to a new, 23,800 sq. feet, three-floor store across from Bryant Park.
Osamu Matsubara died from heart failure on January 3, 2012, at the age of 94.
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Who was Osamu Matsubara?
businessperson (1917-2012)
When was Osamu Matsubara born?
Osamu Matsubara was born on 7 October 1917.
When did Osamu Matsubara die?
Osamu Matsubara died on 3 January 2012.
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Osamu Matsubara was a businessperson.
What nationality was Osamu Matsubara?
Osamu Matsubara was Japanese.
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