Police search ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima's home

Police search ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima's home

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department enter the home of Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of failed department store operator Sogo. Co., in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on May 23 to search for evidence in connection with suspicions he hid personal assets from creditors.

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