OSAMU Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor Corp., known for its minicars and motorcycles, for five decades and drove the company’s global expansion, has died. He was 94. Suzuki died of lymphoma on December 25 ...
Born Osamu Matsuda in 1930, he adopted the Suzuki surname upon marrying Shoko Suzuki, granddaughter of the company's founder, Michio Suzuki. He took over the company in 1978 as the fourth adopted son ...