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Nippon Shokuhin chief gets suspended sentence for fraud

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shigehito Atoyama, the former head of meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co., leaves the Fukuoka District Court on April 17 after being sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, for fraud related to a state beef-buyback program. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Shokuhin ex-chief admits false labeling

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shigehito Atoyama, former president of Nippon Shokuhin Co., enters the Fukuoka District Court in Fukuoka on Jan. 16 for the first hearing of his trial over the false labeling of beef. Atoyama and two other former executives of the meat processor pleaded guilty to swindling a government-commissioned industry body by falsely labeling about 122 tons of imported beef as domestic. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Shokuhin head nabbed over alleged false labeling

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shigehito Atoyama (file photo), president of Fukuoka-based meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co., was arrested Nov. 19 in connection with a fraud case involving the false labeling of beef last year. (Kyodo)