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TennoChinko wrote:William H. Saito resigns as METI adviser amid questions about background
TOKYO (TR) – Japan Airlines Co. on Friday announced the resignation of renowned entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert William H. Saito as executive officer. The announcement came the same day that he admitted that he misrepresented his background.
WILLIAM HIROYUKI SAITO Executive Officer General Manager Digital Innovation Promotion Resignation
TOKYO (TR) – The university attended by noted entrepreneur William H. Saito, who last month apologized for misrepresenting his background, has said he did not graduate.
“Our records show a William Hiroyuki Saito attended from Fall 1988 to Fall 1992. We do not show a degree having been earned,” wrote John Warren, the Director of Media Relations.
William Hiroyuki Saito (齋藤 ウィリアム 浩幸 Saitō Wiriamu Hiroyuki, born March 23, 1971) is a former cybersecurity and entrepreneurship pundit whose career as a Japanese policy and business expert abruptly ended in 2017 after writer Ichiro Yamamoto[2] exposed Saito’s fabricated academic background including claims of a medical degree and license from UCLA Medical School[3][4]
“It is not true that I graduated from a medical school of the University of California, Los Angeles and obtained a medical license. I hereby would like to make a correction”. He also indicated in the same public announcement that he "entered UC Riverside in 1988"[10] without indicating whether he had actually graduated leading to the logical conclusion that Saito may have failed to matriculate from any college leaving him only with a high school education. A January 5th, 2017 article in the Tokyo Reporter cited UC Riverside Director of Media Relations, John Warren, that while Saito had attended from 1988 to 1992, he had failed to graduate with any degree.[11]
Sam Furukawa: ホラ吹き男爵と呼ばれていて、私もマイクロソフトも被害にあった、私の知る限り最低のペテン師の真実が今暴かれる。
TOKYO (TR) – A story published last month in the New York Times about how persons of prominence can purchase influence online included entrepreneur William Hiroyuki Saito as an example of someone who bought followers on Twitter. However, Saito, who late last year issued an apology for misrepresenting his background, denies the allegation.
The article reveals that television personalities, professional athletes, comedians and models have paid — either on their own or through affiliated parties — a fee to a company called Devumi to boost their presence on social media.
According to the Times, among the company’s 200,000 customers is Saito. The entrepreneur was not mentioned directly in the text of the article, but his Twitter account was listed in a graphic as a customer of Devumi under “Politics.”
The inclusion of Saito as a buyer contradicts a previous claim by the entrepreneur.
After writer Ichiro Yamamoto raised questions online regarding the background of Saito last month, the entrepreneur issued an apology via Twitter. In an entry on his personal site dated December 21, Saito admitted that his resume contained inaccuracies, including a false claim that he graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine.
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