ILEA000663861: Prosecutors raid IXI on suspicion of accounting fraud

Chinese software firm inks deal with Kenya to boost geospatial technology cooperation

STORY: Chinese software firm inks deal with Kenya to boost geospatial technology cooperation SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:15 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOSES AKALI, Director, Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing STORYLINE: Chinese technology firm, Supermap International, signed an agreement with Kenya's Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) on Wednesday, aimed at enhancing the East African nation's proficiency in geospatial technology. The agreement entails training for over 70 Kenyan government officials, academics and private sector individuals in advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) over the course of one year, said Director of DRSRS Moses Akali. "The collaboration between DRSRS and Supermap International seeks to bolster Kenya's institutional capacity in utilizing space-derived products, services and customized tools for diverse needs in natural r

Huawei Tech Park to help drive ICT sector growth in Angola

STORY: Huawei Tech Park to help drive ICT sector growth in Angola DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Luanda CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tech park 2. various of local employees 3. various of Huawei's products 4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): MARIO OLIVEIRA, Angola's Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication STORYLINE: Chinese tech giant Huawei has inaugurated a tech park in Angola that's expected to help train more local talents in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector and speed up digitalization in the southern African country. During the inauguration ceremony held on Monday, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed in Angola's capital Luanda between Huawei and the country's Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, which will see the Chinese firm train more than 10,000 local ICT talents over the next five years. Huawei said it will make the instructional m

Police search Aichi company for falsely labeling bamboo shoots

ICHINOMIYA, Japan - Yoshihito Mori, president of agricultural products wholesaler Takenokoya, enters the head office of the company in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 8 to be present at a police raid in connection with allegations that the company falsely labeled and sold bamboo shoots farmed in China as grown in Japan. (Kyodo)

Ex-Shinginko Tokyo worker held over loan-related fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 27 shows the head office of Shinginko Tokyo, a bank primarily owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A former employee of the bank and six other people were arrested Oct. 27 on suspicion of defrauding the bank out of about 50 million yen in a loan, police said. (Kyodo)

Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat theft

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Hoshikawa, executive director of Greenpeace Japan, speaks to reporters in front of Greenpeace's office in Tokyo on June 20 after police arrested two Greenpeace members on suspicion of stealing whale meat. The group presented the meat to prosecutors as evidence in its allegations of a whale meat smuggling operation involving a government-sponsored whaling program. (Kyodo)

Famed Senba Kitcho restaurant chain raided over false labeling

OSAKA, Japan - Police investigators arrive at the Osaka head office of the high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho to raid the restaurant on Nov. 16 on suspicion of falsely labeling the origin of its beef products, in violation of the unfair competition prevention law. (Kyodo)

Ex-intel agency chief Ogata held over Chongryon premises deal

TOKYO, Japan - Public prosecutors on June 28 arrest Shigetake Ogata (file photo), a lawyer who formerly headed the government's Public Security Intelligence Agency, on suspicion of fraud in connection with an aborted purchase of the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents of Japan, known as Chongryon. (Kyodo)

N. Korea group's No. 2 leader questioned over failed sale of pro

TOKYO, Japan - Ho Jong Man, chief vice chairman of the General Association of Korean Residents of Japan, or Chongryon, leaves his residence in Tokyo's Sugiunami Ward on June 21 to be questioned by Japanese prosecutors over allegations that the pro-Pyongyang group transferred the ownership of its Tokyo head office and premises in a bid to evade possible seizure by a creditor in the event that it lost a court battle. (Kyodo)

Prosecutors raid office of lawyer for N. Korea group

TOKYO, Japan - Koken Tsuchiya, a former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 14 after Tokyo prosecutors raided his home and office in search of incriminating evidence over the sale of the Tokyo head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan to an investment advisory group linked to a former head of the Public Security Intelligence Agency. Tsuchiya, 84, represents the pro-Pyongyang group. (Kyodo)

3-year prison term demanded for Murakami over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors at the Tokyo District Court on May 11 demanded Yoshiaki Murakami (file photo) be sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly profiting by trading stock using insider information in 2004 and 2005, a charge the founder of a well-known Japanese investment fund denies. The prosecutors also requested slapping Murakami with a 3 million yen fine and a surcharge of 1.15 billion yen. (Kyodo)

Prosecutors raid IXI on suspicion of accounting fraud

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