Peak day for shareholders' meeting

Peak day for shareholders' meeting

More than 2,300 Japanese companies held shareholders' meetings simultaneously on Friday June 26, a move aimed to prevent disruption by sokaiya corporate extortionists. The photo shows people entering a hall for the final shareholders' meeting of Yamaichi Securities Co., once one of Japan's Big Four brokerages, which collapsed last November after chalking up a huge amount of liabilities.

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