On 1 July 1960, the R & D Center became a wholly owned company: Honda R & D Co. Ltd. In November 1961 this company moved into ... its new, own buildings in Yamato-cho (now Wako ). 50% of the shares were owned by Honda Motor Co., 25% from Soichiro Honda and 25% from Takeo Fujisawa. An R & D Center was also established in Asaka . read more