Yaskawa Electric Corporation has named Hiroshi Ogasawara, currently representative director and corporate executive vice president, as representative director and president, effective March 21, 2016. Junji Tsuda, Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President will be appointed Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, effective March 21, 2016. The company also announced that Noboru Usami, Representative Director, Senior Executive vice president will be appointed Director, and that Shuji Murakami, Director, Corporate Senior vice president will be appointed Representative Director, Corporate Executive vice president effective March 21, 2016.

Noboru Usami will finish the term of Director at the end of the general meeting of shareholders, which will be held in June, 2016. He will then be appointed Adviser.