Asahi Kasei chief to resign over piling data falsification

Asahi Kasei chief to resign over piling data falsification

Asahi Kasei Corp. President Toshio Asano (front) attends a press conference, together with Primary Executive Officer Hideki Kobori, in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2016, to announce that he will step down on April 1 to take responsibility for a piling data falsification scandal involving the firm's construction materials subsidiary. Kobori will replace Asano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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