Showing posts with label Japan business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan business. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Exclusive: Olympus sues current president, ex-directors

(Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources told Reuters on Monday, as the company seeks to draw a line under one of the nation's worst accounting scandals.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Minister: Japan corp governance on par with US

TOKYO (AP) — Economy Minister Yukio Edano defended Japan's corporate governance practices Friday amid an ongoing accounting scandal at Olympus Corp. that has tainted the country's image.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

President Obama: New Asia Policy is like the Old Policy, Japan beware

The government of Japan should take a step back and think wisely before following the “containment” policies of President Obama of America towards China.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Japan farm radioactive levels probed

The findings provide the first comprehensive estimates of contamination across Japan following the nuclear accident in 2011.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tesco bids sayonara to 'unscalable' Japan business

Tesco has announced that it intends to sell off its Japan business after eight years trying to break into the market.

The firm owns 129 small stores in the Greater Tokyo area, half of which it says are profitable.

"We have concluded that we cannot build a sufficiently scalable business," said chief executive Philip Clarke.