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- Yetsuo "Yets" Higa Higa Etsuo (比嘉 悦雄) (1915–July 31, 2000) was a second-generation Okinawan American businessman. Higa was born in Honokaa, Hawaii in 1915. He and his family moved to Wahiawa in 1923. After graduating from Leilehua High School in 1934, he joined and expanded his father's trucking business. Over his career Y. Higa Enterprises grew from a single truck to a multi-million dollar enterprise with branches in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris. Higa also opened the first Pepsi-cola bottling plant in Japan, and is credited with introducing it to the nation. His son Ernest and his daughter Merle Aiko followed him in business, opening up their own franchises in Japan. Higa was also an athlete who played baseball and ran track and field. He brought two Major League Baseball teams to Hawaii and Japan to play. Higa died on July 31, 2000 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. (en)
- 比嘉 悦雄（ひが えつお、1915年11月10日 - 2000年7月31日）は、日系二世の実業家。株式会社ワイ・ヒガ・コーポレーション（現ヒガ・インダストリーズ）、株式会社ジェーシー・フーズ（現デルソーレ）、日本ペプシコーラ株式会社を創業した。 ハワイ州生まれの日系二世で、両親は九州、沖縄の出身。1950年代にペプシコーラの日本法人を設立し、社長を務めるほか、ピザの製造・販売会社を経営。 子は実業家の大河原愛子、同じく実業家のアーネスト・エム・比嘉。 (ja)
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- 比嘉 悦雄（ひが えつお、1915年11月10日 - 2000年7月31日）は、日系二世の実業家。株式会社ワイ・ヒガ・コーポレーション（現ヒガ・インダストリーズ）、株式会社ジェーシー・フーズ（現デルソーレ）、日本ペプシコーラ株式会社を創業した。 ハワイ州生まれの日系二世で、両親は九州、沖縄の出身。1950年代にペプシコーラの日本法人を設立し、社長を務めるほか、ピザの製造・販売会社を経営。 子は実業家の大河原愛子、同じく実業家のアーネスト・エム・比嘉。 (ja)
- Yetsuo "Yets" Higa Higa Etsuo (比嘉 悦雄) (1915–July 31, 2000) was a second-generation Okinawan American businessman. Higa was born in Honokaa, Hawaii in 1915. He and his family moved to Wahiawa in 1923. After graduating from Leilehua High School in 1934, he joined and expanded his father's trucking business. Over his career Y. Higa Enterprises grew from a single truck to a multi-million dollar enterprise with branches in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris. Higa also opened the first Pepsi-cola bottling plant in Japan, and is credited with introducing it to the nation. His son Ernest and his daughter Merle Aiko followed him in business, opening up their own franchises in Japan. (en)
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- 比嘉悦雄 (ja)
- Yetsuo Higa (en)
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