David Rosen Death: Sega Co-Founder Passes Away
David Rosen, sega Co-Founder, Dies at 95
paragraph”>Born in New York, Rosen served in Asia during his military service. From 1949 to 1952, he was stationed in Japan, then under American occupation, with travel to Korea during the Korean War and Shanghai, China. after his demobilization, he chose to remain in Japan, recognizing a meaningful commercial possibility.As he explained to Next Generation magazine in 1996, “At that time, the Japanese had a great need for identity photos. A photo was required for school registrations, for rice ration cards, for railway cards and for employment.” He subsequently decided to import automated photo booths manufactured in the United States.
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