Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that Ryoji Fukada has joined the company as Chairman for their Japanese Office.
Fukada brings a wealth of experience with him; covering 37 years in the international publishing sector, including pioneering Elsevier's Science Direct product into the Japanese market and most recently as Managing Director for Springer Japan. Earlier in his career he played a key role in opening Swets' Japanese office and establishing a firm business foothold for the company not only in Japan but across the South East Asia region.
Fukada will be based at Swets' Tokyo office.