出身地： 東京・日本橋茅場町 (born in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Tokyo)
生育地： 大阪・八尾 (grown up in Yao =known as the heart of Kawachi=, Osaka)
誕生日： 戦前 (The Pacific war broke out about one month after my birth)
出身校： 神戸大 (academic background: Kobe University, Business Administration)
職業歴： 商社 (served for a Trading House more than 40 years)
海外歴： ギリシャ、パナマ (assigned to Greece, 1977-81, and Panama, 1986-90)
趣味： 読書、海外旅行 (interested in literature and in travelling abroad (so far visited more than 70 countries and areas)
言語： 日本語、英語 (language: Japanese, English and smatterings of French,Spanish and Greek??)
過去の日記： http://www.katayama.org/jk/diary/diary.html