Osamu Matsubara
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{{Nihongo|Osamu Matsubara|松原 治|Matsubara Osamu|extra=October 7, 1917 – January 3, 2012}} was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya.{{cite news|title=Celebration of new Kinokuniya Store in New York City |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/info/kinokuniya.html |work=Japan Times |publisher=2007 |accessdate=28 January 2011}}
Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002. In November 2002, he became the Chief Executive Office and board chairman for Kinokuniya Company Ltd.{{cite news|title=Executive Profile: Osamu Matsubara |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=26080730&privcapId=5479841&previousCapId=876082&previousTitle=Nippon%20Metal%20Industry%20Co.%20Ltd. |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=28 January 2011}} 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. The store, with its 250,000 items, is considered the largest Japanese bookstore in the United States.[http://info.japantimes.co.jp/info/kinokuniya.html] The inventory of the New York location includes an equal amount of Japanese and English books, which is in line with the company's goal to offer a wide assortment of titles in both Japanese and English.{{Cite web|url=https://usa.kinokuniya.com/aboutus|title=About Us|website=Kinokuniya USA|access-date=24 June 2019}}
Osamu Matsubara died from heart failure on January 3, 2012, at the age of 94.{{cite news|title=元紀伊国屋書店社長の松原治さん死去 |url=http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0103/TKY201201030226.html |work=Asahi Shimbun |publisher=2012-01-03|accessdate=28 January 2011}}
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External links
- [https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/kinokuniya-nyc-1.25940432 How Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has evolved into a 'destination']
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Category:Japanese chief executives
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