Sato Holdings Corporation announced appointment of Hayato Shindo as Executive Officer, Yoichi Abe as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Yoshinori Sasahara as Vice President, Akihiro Kushida as Vice President, Kenji Ushiki as Vice President, Keisuke Yamada as Executive Officer and Daphne Tay as Executive Officer. The company announced resignation of Kazuo Matsuyama as President and CEO, Nobuo Watanabe, Chinami Kotaki, Tomoyuki Kumabayashi, Kozo Senda and Yasuhiro Tanabe as Executive Officers, effective March 31, 2018. The company also announced new responsibilities of executive officers effective April 1, 2018: Ryutaro Kotaki as CEO; President, Yoshinori Sasahara, as Director, Akihiro Kushida as Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Production, Kenji Ushiki as Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of R&D, Hironori Onishi as Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Sales, Shigeki Egami Chief as Human Resources Officer (CHRO); Head of Kitakami Operations and Noriyasu Yamada as Chief Product Planning Officer (CPO).