Daiei shareholders approve new management team

Daiei shareholders approve new management team

KOBE, Japan - Isao Nakauchi (L), founder of ailing supermarket-chain operator Daiei Inc., Daiei Chairman Jiro Amagai (2nd from L), and Daiei President Kunio Takagi (3rd from L) speak at a press conference at a hotel in Kobe's Nishi Ward on Jan. 30 after the company's extraordinary shareholders' meeting. The launch of a new management team was approved at the meeting, formally ending Nakauchi's 43-year reign over Japan's largest supermarket-chain operator.

Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Amagai, chairman-designate of Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain operator, meets with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 22. In the interview, he ruled out the possibility of charismatic founder Isao Nakauchi returning to the management of the ailing company.

Cycling: Team sprint at world c'ships

Cycling: Team sprint at world c'ships

Japan's Kazuki Amagai (L), Yudai Nitta (R, front) and Tomohiro Fukaya compete in a men's team sprint qualifying race at the track cycling world championships in Pruszkow, Poland, on Feb. 27, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cycling: Team sprint at world c'ships

Cycling: Team sprint at world c'ships

Japan's (from R) Kazuki Amagai, Yudai Nitta and Tomohiro Fukaya compete in a men's team sprint qualifying race at the track cycling world championships in Pruszkow, Poland, on Feb. 27, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Amagai, chairman-designate of Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain operator, meets with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 22. In the interview, he ruled out the possibility of charismatic founder Isao Nakauchi returning to the management of the ailing company.