Yahoo Japan Corporation announced the appointment of Manabu Miyasaka as Representative Director and president of the company. In June 1997 he joined in Yahoo Japan Corporation and in January 2002 he was appointed as Senior Manager, Media Business Group. In April 2009 he was appointed as Operating Officer, Head of Consumer Business Group and in April 2012 Became CEO and Operating Officer. Ken Miyauchi was appointed as Director of the company. In Nov. 2010 he became Representative Director and President of WILLCOM Inc. In May 2009 he was appointed as Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, and COO of SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. Yasuyuki Imai was appointed as Director of the company. In May 2009 he was appointed as Senior Vice President in Charge of Marketing of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. Timothy Morse was appointed as Director of the company. In July 2009 he was appointed as Executive Vice President and CFO of Yahoo! Inc. As previously announced on March 1, 2012 Masahiro Inoue and Directors Akira Kajikawa and Hiroaki Kitano plan to retire from their positions as directors due to the completion of their terms.