Snack food company Calbee Foods has appointed vice president Yasuo Nakata assumed as president replacing Masahiko Matsuo, the Kyodo news agency reported.

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Nakata is the first Calbee president from outside the founding Matsuo family. He joined Calbee in 1979 and had been a vice president since June 2003.


Tokyo-based Calbee is known for its potato chips and Kappa Ebisen snacks, which are made from wheat flour.

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