biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1906–92)
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| biography:
| Motor cycle and car manufacturer, born in Iwata Gun, C Japan. He started as a garage apprentice in 1922 and opened his own garage in 1928. By 1934 he had started a piston-ring production factory. He began producing motor cycles in 1948, and became president of Honda Corporation in the same year, until 1973. He stayed on as a director, and was appointed ‘supreme adviser’ in 1983. |
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