ホンダ共同創業者、米「車の殿堂」入り　７月にデトロイトで式典

　【ニューヨーク時事】自動車業界で顕著な功績を挙げた人をたたえる米国の「自動車の殿堂」に、ホンダ共同創業者の故藤沢武夫氏が加わることが決まった。運営団体が１０日、発表した。７月にミシガン州デトロイトで式典が開かれ、殿堂に加えられる。
　運営団体は藤沢氏について、「マーケティングの知識や秀でた事業センス」などを持ち、１９８９年に日本人として初めて殿堂入りした創業者、故本田宗一郎氏とは「完璧なコンビ」だったと紹介。功績の一つとして、ホンダ初の海外子会社を米国で設立したことを取り上げた。（2023/02/11-08:56）

Takeo Fujisawa, the late co-founder of Japan's Honda Motor Co. , has been chosen to be inducted into the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame, the award's organizer said Friday.
   An award ceremony will be held in Detroit in July to enshrine into the hall Fujisawa, along with Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors Co., and other people who made great contributions to the auto industry.
   Fujisawa "matched Automotive Hall of Fame inductee (and the other late co-founder of Honda) Soichiro Honda's engineering acumen and vision for mobility with marketing savvy, strong business sense and a keen ability to chart unique paths to growth," the organizer said in a statement.
   Fujisawa's achievements include his decision to set up Honda's first overseas subsidiary in the United States, the organizer said.
   Since the establishment of the award in 1939, 755 people, including multiple Japanese, have been inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.