Tadashi Kume Explained

^[1] was a Japanese businessman who was the president and CEO of the Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Career

Tadashi Kume joined Honda in 1954, eventually becoming Honda's 3rd president in 1983.^[2] He specialized in designing engines, and, along with other engineers, helped develop the fuel-efficient CVCC.^[3] Before becoming president, Kume had a heated argument with then Honda president Soichiro Honda over using air-cooled or water-cooled engines, which led Kume to stay away from work for possibly over a month.^[4] He retired in June 1990, and was succeeded by Nobuhiko Kawamoto.^[5] Kume is honored in the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022092900002 久米是志氏死去、９０歳　元ホンダ社長、低公害エンジン開発
2. Web site: The secret to creating world-class automobiles, as told by the engineers of Honda . RocketNews24 . 9 October 2013 . 30 October 2013.
3. Web site: HONDA IS POWERED BY RISKS; IN TOKYO, GIVING DISSENTERS A FORUM . . 15 June 1987 . 30 October 2013 . Chira, Susan.
4. Book: Industrial Development in Postwar Japan . Psychology Press . Kohama, Hirohisa . 2007 . 240 . 978-0203939420.
5. Web site: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Honda Chief to Step Down; Few Changes Are Expected . . 28 April 1998 . 30 October 2013 . Bradsher, Keith.
6. Web site: 久米 是志. Japan Automotive Hall of Fame. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101054645/http://www.jahfa.jp/2frame_flash.htm. 1 November 2013.