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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd from L) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal. (Kyodo)

Press conference by Japan's SBI, Taiwan's PSMC

Yoshitaka Kitao (L), chairman and president of Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc., and Frank Huang, chairman of Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2023. The two companies said they have selected the village of Ohira in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as the location for their planned joint chip factory.

Press conference by Japan's SBI, Taiwan's PSMC

Yoshitaka Kitao (L), chairman and president of Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc., and Frank Huang, chairman of Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2023. The two companies said they have selected the village of Ohira in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as the location for their planned joint chip factory.

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato (L) and Shunichi Kito, president of energy company Idemitsu Kosan Co., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after the two companies announced they will tie up to develop technology for the mass production of next-generation all-solid-state batteries.