Women execs clean up the mess at scandal-hit firms

Women execs clean up the mess at scandal-hit firms

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakamoto (R), Duskin Co.'s female managing director, and Nobuko Hiwasa (Left), Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s outside managing director, speak on corporate ethics at a forum in the town of Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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