Leading the charge is Toyota President Fujio Cho , who runs the company's day-to-day operations.

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One of the relatively few writers urging positive remedial action is Mitarai Fujio, chairman of Canon.

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The 70-year-old Uchida will be replaced by 76-year-old chairman Fujio Mitarai, with Uchida slipping into an advisory role.

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Three executive vice presidents and the current chairman, Fujio Cho, will retire.

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NEC's Fundamental Research Laboratories and Fujio Shimizu of the University of Tokyo.

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