Mitsuko Nishihara

Background

Nishihara, Mitsuko was born on March 13, 1943 in Tokuyama, Japan. Daughter of Kaname and Teiko (Matsuda) Nishihara.

Education

Bachelor, Kyoto University, Japan, 1965.

Career

Quality engineer Hitachi, Ltd., Kudamatsu, Japan, 1970-1976. Quality management representative Tokki, Ltd., Shin-nanyo, Japan, 1976-1980. President Nishihara Engineering Associates, Tokuyama, Japan, since 1978.

Senior consultant International Quality Systems, Inc., Tokyo, since 1992. Director International Quality Assurance Institute, Tokyo, 1992-1994, deputy chair, since 1994.

Achievements

• Mitsuko Nishihara has been listed as a noteworthy Quality assurance, management consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Quality Control (senior), Japan International Organization for Standardization-Management Sys. Society (director since 1995).

Connections

Married Takanori Nakata, August 7, 1982 (divorced September 1994).