Nintendo Co Ltd Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died of cancer on Saturday, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker's belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He ...

Kimishima joined Nintendo in 2000, became president of Pokémon USA in 2001, and was named president of Nintendo of America in 2002. In 2006 he was named chairman and CEO.

Born Dec. 6, 1959, and raised in Japan, Iwata joined Nintendo in the 1980s, working on games including “Balloon Fight,” ... Two years ago, he became CEO of Nintendo of America, Inc.

Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Nintendo’s Legendary CEO invites you to learn more about the president, game developer, and gamer who forever changed the video game industry as we know it.

Nintendo's fearsome CEO once called Shigeru Miyamoto in to ask if Tetris was any good, who said 'your secretaries and accountants are all playing at lunchtime and after work, and that's never ...

Iwata will take over the Nintendo of America CEO role from outgoing Tatsumi Kimishima, who is being promoted to general manager of parent company Nintendo Co. Ltd pending shareholder approval.

The pick is a former banker and longtime Nintendo director who used to head up the company's North American subsidiary. Satoru Iwata, who died in July, led the gaming company for 13 years.

OSAKA, Japan—Nintendo Co.7974-0.12%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Tatsumi Kimishima said he would step down in June in favor of a younger executive, calling it the right ...

Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo Co., Ltd, has died at the age of 55. This news comes suddenly and by word of Nintendo’s investor relations team in Japan.

The soon to be managing director started working for Nintendo in Japan in 2000, he was then made president of Pokémon USA in 2001. Kimishima became president of Nintendo of America in 2002 and ...

Nintendo of Japan issued a statement on Sunday confirming the death of longtime company President Satoru Iwata on Saturday. The brief statement, which was also posted at Nintendo's Japanese ...