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| 1952 | Born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 15. |
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| Completed elementary school education in Geneva, Switzerland. Entered the American School in Tokyo. |
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| 1970 | Graduated from the American School in Tokyo. |
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| 1974 | Graduated from The University of Pennsylvania - Wharton College. Majored in International Business Studies. |
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| 1976 | Earned an MBA at Columbia University through the Graduate School of Business Administration. Majored in Finance and Accountancy. |
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| 1980 | Developed importing arrangements for North American treated lumber. This arrangement currently dominates the lumber import business. |
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| 1982 | Entered into a partnership with a newly established American medical company specializing in the treatment of chicken pox. This organization continues to play a major role in this specialized field in Japan. |
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| 1985 | Gained an exclusive contract with Domino's Pizza in Japan. Opened the first pizza chain store that provided a home delivery service in Japan, sparking the "pizza boom." |
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| 1989 | Established an office in Portland, Oregon for his treated lumber import business. |
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| 1990 | Received The Best Entrepreneur Of The Year Award from the New Business Conference, a semi-independent government organization. |
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| 1991 | Established a service contact point in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in order to stabilize the treated lumber import business. |
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| 1992 | Took over a Canadian sawmill and established "Bridgeside Higa Forest Industries". |
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| 1992 | Gained trade rights for Domino's Pizza in Hawaii from Domino's Pizza LLC (in U.S.A), founded Higa Industries Hawaii Inc. |
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| 1997 | Invited by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, to a conference focusing on encouraging business initiatives in his capacity as the chairman of the Safe Home Delivery Management Association. |
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| 1998 | Received an award from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.1998 Selected for the "50 entrepreneurs of Japan" list compiled by Toyo Keizai Inc. |
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