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'{{family name hatnote|Kasuga|Osaka|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Carlos Kasuga | image = Carlos Kasuga.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Carlos Kasuga during a conference at the Semana [[:en:Small and medium-sized enterprises|PyME]] 2011 sponsored by the [[Secretariat of Economy|Secretaría de Economía]]. | birth_name = Carlos Kasuga Osaka | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|10|26|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Cerritos, San Luis Potosí]], [[Mexico]] | education = | alma_mater = [[Escuela Bancaria y Comercial]] | occupation = Director of [[Yakult]] (Mexican division) | years_active = | salary = | networth = | spouse = | children = | signature = }} '''Carlos Kasuga Osaka''' is a [[Mexico|Mexican]] businessman, philanthropist and public speaker. He is the founder of the Mexican division of the yogurt company [[Yakult]],<ref>"[http://economia.terra.com.mx/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=201303132314_AGE_82076365 Carlos Kasuga, dueño de Yakult, comparte el secreto de su éxito] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326152133/http://economia.terra.com.mx/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=201303132314_AGE_82076365 |date=March 26, 2014 }}." ''[[Terra Networks]]''. 13 March 2013. Updated 14 March 2013. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.</ref> and he served as its director.<ref name=JerryGarcia>García, Jerry. ''[[Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945]]''. [[University of Arizona Press]]. February 27, 2014. {{ISBN|0816530254}}, 9780816530250. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1oLfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA195 195]. "[...]who provided that quote, was born in Mexico to Japanese parents who immigrated in the 1930s. Carlos is the founder and president of the Japanese Mexican School, director general of Yakult, which produces a probiotic health care product, and president of the Pan American Nikkei Association."</ref> He also founded the ''[[Liceo Mexicano Japonés]]'' and served as its chair.<ref name=Valls>Valls, Julio. "[https://www.forbes.com.mx/sites/carlos-kasuga-el-lider-detras-de-yakult/ Carlos Kasuga, el líder detrás de Yakult]." ''[[Forbes]] Mexico''. July 6, 2013. Retrieved on December 25, 2013. "Es expresidente de diversas asociaciones e instancias, como la Asociación Mexicana Japonesa, del Comité de las Celebraciones del 90 Aniversario de la Migración Japonesa a México, de la Asociación Panamericana Nikkei, de la Federación Panamericana de la Leche, y presidió y fundó el Liceo Mexicano Japonés."</ref> He also served as the president of the Pan American Nikkei Association (PANA, ''Asociación Panamericana Nikkei'', APN),<ref name=JerryGarcia/> having done so since the 1981 establishment of the organization until 1995.<ref>Asociación Peruano Japonesa, Kokusai Kyōryoku Jigyōdan. ''The Centennial anniversary of the Japanese immigration to Peru, 1899-1999''. [[Japanese International Cooperation Agency]], 2000. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tso9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Carlos+Kasuga%22&dq=%22Carlos+Kasuga%22&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ei=UsAyU__XNOudiAeEkYGQDg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAw 210]. "Acknowledgements We wish to thank Carlos Kasuga, President of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Nikkei_Association|Pan-American Nikkei Association]] since its foundation in 1981 until 1995."</ref> ==Early life== His parents were [[Japanese immigration to Mexico|immigrants from Japan]].<ref name=Valls/> They settled in Mexico in the 1930s. Originally Kasuga and his family lived in [[Cerritos, San Luis Potosí|Cerritos]], [[San Luis Potosí]]. He stated that in 1942, when he was seven years old, soldiers came to his house and told his family they had to leave for Mexico City in 72 hours. He stated that later two soldiers came to the house to escort the family to the train station and that everyone in Cerritos came to the station to say goodbye to the Kasugas.<ref>García, Jerry. ''[[Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945]]''. [[University of Arizona Press]], February 27, 2014. {{ISBN|0816530254}}, 9780816530250. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1oLfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153 153].</ref> Kasuga stated in an interview "I am sixty percent Mexican and sixty percent Japanese."<ref>{{cite book|author=García, Jerry|title=[[Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897–1945]]|publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]]|date=2014-02-27|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=7HG2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 194]}}</ref> ==Philanthropy== Kasuga, along with other [[Japanese diaspora|nikkei]], has helped promote Japanese attitudes to cleanliness and education in [[Acacoyagua]], Chiapas; site of the first organized Japanese settlement in Latin America. As a result of his involvement, the municipality decreased its daily production of trash from 18 tons to 5.<ref name="Palacios">{{cite web|last1=Palacios|first1=Karina|title=Acacoyagua, el más limpio de Chiapas por cultura nipona|url=http://www.milenio.com/estados/acacoyagua-municipio-limpio-chiapas-cultura_nipona-japoneses-mexico-japon-milenio_0_959904030.html|website=Milenio|accessdate=25 July 2017|language=es}}</ref> Kasuga has donated the funds for [[Interactive whiteboard|smart boards]] and computers at local schools.<ref name="Palacios"/> ==See also== *[[Japanese community of Mexico City]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * Hokama, Ricardo G. "[http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2009/4/23/carlos-kasuga/ Carlos Kasuga: "Everything That You Do, Do It well"]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6OMSDd0kf?url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2009/4/23/carlos-kasuga/ Archive]). [[Japanese American National Museum]]. 23 April 2009. Translated by Michael M. Brescia. ** [http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2009/4/23/carlos-kasuga/?show=es Spanish version] ([https://www.webcitation.org/6OMSBVxpo?url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2009/4/23/carlos-kasuga/?show%3Des Archive]) * "[http://www.insidemex.com/news-opinion/perspective/i-am-60-japanese-and-60-mexican I am 60% Japanese and 60% Mexican: Inside México talks with Carlos Kasuga Osaka]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6OMTTNHzs?url=http://www.insidemex.com/news-opinion/perspective/i-am-60-japanese-and-60-mexican Archive]). ''[[Inside México]]''. Editorial Manda, SAPI de CV, July 2007. * {{in lang|es}} "[http://www.up.edu.mx/document.aspx?doc=31852 Alimenten su espíritu y estén orgullosos de tener un país tan rico: Carlos Kasuga Osaka]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6OMTE81dj?url=http://www.up.edu.mx/document.aspx?doc%3D31852 Archive]) [[Panamerican University]]. * {{in lang|es}} "[http://www.uaeh.edu.mx/inicio/gnote.php?id=1509 Carlos Kasuga, presidente del Consejo Directivo de Yakult, impartió conferencia a universitarios]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6OMWp5BRk?url=http://www.uaeh.edu.mx/inicio/gnote.php?id%3D1509 Archive]) [[Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo]]. 25 August 2008. ''Boletín Electrónico Informativo No. 234 Imprimir''. * {{in lang|es}} Álvarez, Samantha. "[http://elempresario.mx/video/educacion-formativa-clave-crecimiento Educación formativa es la clave del crecimiento: Carlos Kasuga]." ''[[El Empresario]]''. 4 November 2010. * {{in lang|es}} ''[http://www.webapn.org/ Asociación Panamericana Nikkei]'' {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasuga, Carlos}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mexican businesspeople]] [[Category:Mexican people of Japanese descent]] [[Category:People from San Luis Potosí]] [[Category:1937 births]]'