Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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