Meat wholesaler raided over record tariff evasion on pork

Meat wholesaler raided over record tariff evasion on pork

NIIHAMA, Japan - Prosecutors and customs officials walk into the residence of Noboru Sogabe, the former president of Kyochiku, a major meat wholesaler, in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 16. The action was taken over pork the company imported in recent years in what would be a record-amount tax evasion case. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000658652
  • Registered date
  • 2006/11/16 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1705 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 522.08(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    CANADA-DAILY

    CANADA-DAILY

    Chinese man cooks beef and chicken kabobs on a hot grill in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 29, 2010. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) (Credit:Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)
      CANADA-DAILY

      CANADA-DAILY

      Chinese men cook beef and chicken kabobs on a hot grill in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 29, 2010. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) (Credit:Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)
        Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

        Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

        NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Asai (R), president of Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, accompanied by police, leaves his home in Nagoya Oct. 10 as police began searching several locations related to his company to build a criminal case against him on suspicion of selling tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food. (Kyodo)
          Wholesaler ex-officials held on hiding origin of pork

          Wholesaler ex-officials held on hiding origin of pork

          SENDAI, Japan - Satomi Ishikawa, former president of Seiniku Ishikawaya, a now-defunct meat wholesaler in Sendai, northeastern Japan, was arrested on suspicion of disguising U.S. pork as domestic meat intended for use in local school lunches. (Kyodo)
            2 women arrested for record-high inheritance tax evasion

            2 women arrested for record-high inheritance tax evasion

            OSAKA, Japan - Hatsue Ri (in photo), a 64-year-old company executive, and her sister Yoshiko Ri were arrested in Osaka on March 11 on suspicion of evading about 2.86 billion yen in inheritance tax, the highest figure for a case involving inheritance tax evasion recorded in Japan. The two women are suspected of hiding about 5.93 billion yen inherited from their father, who founded a group of eight firms including real estate leasing and loan companies. (Kyodo)
              Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

              Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

              TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, leaves his home in the city after being arrested by the Hokkaido prefectural police for allegedly falsely labeling minced meat containing pork and chicken as 100 percent beef. (Kyodo)
                Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

                Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

                TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there. (Kyodo)
                  Narita Foods president arrested for alleged pork tariff evasion

                  Narita Foods president arrested for alleged pork tariff evasion

                  CHIBA, Japan - Masaaki Tanabe, president of meat wholesaler Narita Foods Co.Aleaves his home in the city of Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 6 to be questioned by prosecutors on suspicion of evading some 5.9 billion yen in tariffs that are imposed on low-priced pork imports to protect domestic producers. (Kyodo)
                    4 officials of Ishihara Sangyo held for unlawfully dumping waste

                    4 officials of Ishihara Sangyo held for unlawfully dumping waste

                    SUZUKA, Japan - Takeshi Sato, 69, a former member of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha's board of directors and also a former deputy head of the company's Yokkaichi plant in Mie Prefecture, leaves his residence in Suzuka on Nov. 6. Ppolice later arrested him and three officials of the chemical maker and its subsidiaries for unlawfully disposing of a large amount of industrial waste in violation of the waste management law. (Kyodo)
                      Mugen President Honda found not guilty in tax evasion case

                      Mugen President Honda found not guilty in tax evasion case

                      SAITAMA, Japan - Hirotoshi Honda, president of racing car engine maker Mugen Co., smiles during a news conference in Saitama on May 25 after the Saitama District Court cleared the president of charges that he evaded 1 billion yen in corporate tax. (Kyodo)