Uniden Corp. of Japan named Ken Kikuchi...

Uniden Corp. of Japan named Ken Kikuchi president of its Uniden Valencia Inc. and Valencia Inagiku Inc. units.

Kikuchi will oversee operations of the Valencia Country Club, a private golf club in Valencia, and the Inagiku, a Japanese-style public restaurant at the club. He succeeded Ed Tanabe, who assumed new duties with Uniden in Japan.

Kikuchi previously was a vice president at Uniden’s U. S. headquarters office in Dallas. The company mainly produces communications equipment.