Daiei board decides not to seek IRCJ support

Daiei board decides not to seek IRCJ support

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Takagi, president of struggling retailer Daiei Inc., leaves by car from the head office of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., one of its three major creditor banks, in Tokyo on Oct. 11. Earlier in the day Daiei decided at an extraordinary board meeting that it would not seek help from the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, brushing aside the banks' repeated demand that Daiei ask for IRCJ's help.

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