Osamu Matsubara, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, died from heart failure he was 94.

Osamu Matsubara  was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya died from heart failure he was 94..^[1]

^{(松原 治 Matsubara Osamu?, c. 1917 – January 3, 2012)}

Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002.^[2] In November 2002, he became the Chief Executive Office and board chairman for Kinokuniya Company Ltd.^[2] Outside of Japan, Matsubara oversaw the 2007 relocation of Books Kinokuniya's New York City location from Rockefeller Center to a new, 23,800 sq. feet, three floor store across from Bryant Park.^[1]
Osamu Matsubara died from heart failure on January 3, 2012, at the age of 94.^[3]



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