Keizai Doyukai announced that Nobuaki Kurumatani, who resigned as president of major electronics manufacturer Toshiba on the 14th of this month, offered to resign as deputy secretary-general.

Mr. Kuratani, who resigned as president of Toshiba on the 14th of this month, has been the deputy secretary of the Keizai Doyukai since June of last year and made policy proposals while management is confused over the acquisition proposal from a foreign investment fund. I have been working on.



According to the Keizai Doyukai, on the 22nd, Mr. Kuratani submitted a written offer to resign, and based on his intentions, he decided to resign on the 27th of this month, when the ordinary general meeting will be held.



Regarding Mr. Kuratani's resignation, Keizai Doyukai commented, "We respected his thoughts and decided to accept the resignation notification."