Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu (C), the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., is surrounded by the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, as he heads for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. The shareholders rejected a bid by Hiroyuki, who was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio, to retake control of its board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu, the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, after an extraordinary shareholders' meeting rejected his bid to retake control of the company's board. Hiroyuki was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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