Ex-Takeda Pharmaceutical Head Hasegawa Dies at 80

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Sep 11, 202600:14News & Politics

Yasuchika Hasegawa, former president of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and former chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, died at a Tokyo hospital July 3. He was 80.

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