LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from Oct. 10, 1987

Nobuo Kimura, 55, was named director general of the Los Angeles office of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro). He succeeds Toshihiko Orita, who is returning to Japan after a three-year term.

Kimura had previously headed the overseas research department at the organization’s Tokyo headquarters. Jetro is a nonprofit organization, partially funded by the Japanese government, to help promote imports into Japan and encourage investment overseas.