February 27, 2021 (Sat), Mr. Fujino, President of Honda JET speaks on the web - Tochigi TASC Seminar

    The Tochigi Aerospace Society (TASC) and the Tochigi Aerospace Industry Promotion Council held the "Aerospace Seminar in Tochigi 2020".

    This year's seminar featured a talk by Mr. Fujino, the man behind the development of Honda Jet, which continues to be the No. 1 selling aircraft in the business jet category.

    Mr. Michimasa Fujino, President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, gave the lecturer.  Michimasa Fujino, born in 1960, graduated from the Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, and joined Honda Motor Company in 1984, where he was assigned to the Honda R&D Center in 1986. He is the first Japanese won the "Aircraft Design Award" of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the "Kelly Johnson Award" of SAE International, and the "Joukowsky Award. He was the first Japanese to receive the "Aircraft Design Award" from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the "Kelly Johnson Award" from SAE International, and the "Joukowski Award" from the International Aeronautical Science Council. He has also won the "Living Legend of Aviation award" for his contribution to the aerospace industry, which was also given to Elon Musk and Jeff Pezos. He has won many awards in Japan as well, including the Technology Management and Innovation Award (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award) and the Japan Industrial Technology Grand Prize (Prime Minister's Award). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and an elected member of the American National Academy of Engineering .