This undated photo released by Honda Motor Co. Monday, Feb . 24, 2014 shows the Japanese auto maker's new operating officer Issao Mizoguchi. Honda has given a major promotion to a foreigner and appointed a woman to its board for the first time in a sign the automaker wants to change perceptions of a hidebound corporate culture. Honda announced Monday that Mizoguchi, 54, a Brazilian of Japanese ancestry, has been appointed operating officer, and technology expert Hideko Kunii, 66, will join the board. (AP Photo/Honda Motor Co.)