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Konosuke Matsushita
Founder of the Panasonic Corporation
| YEAR | AGE | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Born in Wakayama | |
| 1904 | 9 | Served as an apprentice in Osaka |
| 1910 | 15 | Joined the Osaka Electric Light Company (now Kansai Electric Power Company) |
| 1915 | 20 | Married 19 years old Mumeno Iue |
| 1918 | 23 | Founded Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works |
| 1927 | 32 | Marketed "National Lamp" |
| 1932 | 37 | First Foundation Day Ceremony held |
| 1933 | 38 | Instituted "division system" |
| 1934 | 39 | Established the Employee Training Institute |
| 1935 | 40 | Incorporated as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1946 | 51 | Seven postwar regulations imposed by the GHQ of the Allied Powers The PHP Institute, Inc. established |
| 1951 | 56 | Made his first tour of the U. S. and Europe |
| 1952 | 57 | Technical cooperation with Philips, Holland |
| 1956 | 61 | Five-year Plan announced |
| 1961 | 66 | Became Chairman of the Board Resumed his PHP activities in Shinshin-An, Kyoto |
| 1962 | 67 | Introduced worldwide in Time |
| 1964 | 69 | Chaired the Atami Conference |
| 1965 | 70 | Instituted the five-day work week system |
| 1968 | 73 | Celebrated the 50th anniversary of the company foundation |
| 1971 | 76 | Appointed to Chairman of the Asuka Preservation Foundation |
| 1972 | 77 | Published Thoughts on Man |
| 1973 | 78 | Became Director and Executive Advisor |
| 1977 | 82 | Published Japan in the 21st Century |
| 1980 | 85 | Established the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management |
| 1983 | 88 | Initiated Kyoto Colloquium on Global Change |
| 1987 | 92 | Honored with the Grand Cordon of the First Class Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers |
| 1989 | 94 | Passed away on April 27 |
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