Central African Republic

The Profile of the Web Master

His parents were rice wholesalers at Shima-no-uchi (Nagahori-bashi) in Osaka. They had to quit the business during World War II because of the government economic control. After the war, in October, 1945 they immigrated to Hokkaido (Shosanbetsu-mura, Tomamae-gun) and started a development work as settlers. They failed the development and returned to Osaka. His father died when he was 6 years old, so his mother raised him, his brothers and a sister (5 children altogether).

July 23rd, 1948	born in Hokkaido as the third son with two brothers and one sister.
February 1951	a younger brother was born.
August 1954	all members of the family gave up the development and went back to Osaka.
April 1955	entered the Anryu Osaka Municipal Elementary School.
February 1956	father died.
April 1956	transferred to the Oriono Osaka Municipal Elementary School.
March 1961	finished the elementary school.
April 1961	entered the Sanryo Osaka Municipal Junior High School.
September 1961	transferred to the Asahi Sakai Municipal Junior High School.
March 1964	finished the junior high school.
April 1964	entered the Osaka Prefectural Technical College, majored in civil engineering.
March 1969	finished the college.
April 1969	joined Kajima Corporation and assigned to the Osaka Branch.
January 1973	got married.
May 1978	transferred to the International Devision.
	Since then, worked in Burma (Myanmar), Trinidad and Tobago, and Indonesia.
	July 1991, transfered to the Central African Republic.
	Since March 1999, working in the Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia.
May 2003	resigned from Kajima Corporation.

Home in Japan is in Saitama Prefecture (father of a son and two daughters).

Blood type: Type A

Name: Tetchan

Mother tongue:	Osaka dialect	Ookini
First foreign language:	Tokyo dialect (not fluent)	arigato
Other foreign languages:	Indonesian (fluent)	terima kasih
	English (as fluent as Tokyo dialect)	thank you
	Burmese (almost forgot)	kyei-zu-tim-ba-deh
	French (will learn soon)	merci
	German (barely passed the exam at school)	danke
	Central African Sango (can't speak almost at all)	singila
	Chinese (dong,nan,xi,bei)	xiexie
Favorite:	Drinking, drinking and drinking