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Yoichi Morishita, unlikely leader of Matsushita empire, dies at 82

Consensus seeker led what is today Panasonic through troubled times

HIROSHIMA -- Yoichi Morishita, who steered the company that became Panasonic through a turbulent period in Japan's post-bubble era, died Sunday at the age of 82.

The management of Matsushita Electric Industrial, as the consumer electronics maker was known then, was in disarray when Morishita took charge as president in 1993.

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