Scandal-hit ChuoAoyama resumes full operations under new name

Scandal-hit ChuoAoyama resumes full operations under new name

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Katayama, chairman and chief executive officer of Misuzu Audit Corp., speaks to reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, which suspended part of its business for two months under a government penalty order, resumed full operations under its new name Misuzu Audit Corp.

FSA orders ChuoAoyama to suspend part of auditing services

FSA orders ChuoAoyama to suspend part of auditing services

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Okuyama, chairman and chief executive officer of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of Japan's leading auditing firms, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on May 10 after the Financial Services Agency issued a business suspension order to the company due to its failure to prevent an earnings falsification scandal at Kanebo Ltd.

All but 1 of ChuoAoyama's executive partners steps down

All but 1 of ChuoAoyama's executive partners steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Okuyama, chief executive partner of the auditing firm ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers apologizes at a press conference Oct. 3. The company said 10 of its 11 executive partners have stepped down from their positions to take responsibility for the indictment of three of the company's auditors for helping Kanebo Ltd. falsify its financial statements. Okuyama will stay in his post.

Certified public accountants nabbed over Kanebo window dressing

Certified public accountants nabbed over Kanebo window dressing

TOKYO, Japan - The Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward houses the offices of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prosecutors arrested four certified public accountants at the offices on Sept. 13 for allegedly collaborating with former executives at Kanebo Ltd. in falsifying accounting reports.

Scandal-hit ChuoAoyama resumes full operations under new name

Scandal-hit ChuoAoyama resumes full operations under new name

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Katayama, chairman and chief executive officer of Misuzu Audit Corp., speaks to reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, which suspended part of its business for two months under a government penalty order, resumed full operations under its new name Misuzu Audit Corp. (Kyodo)

Certified public accountants nabbed over Kanebo window dressing

Certified public accountants nabbed over Kanebo window dressing

TOKYO, Japan - The Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward houses the offices of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prosecutors arrested four certified public accountants at the offices on Sept. 13 for allegedly collaborating with former executives at Kanebo Ltd. in falsifying accounting reports. (Kyodo)

FSA orders ChuoAoyama to suspend part of auditing services

FSA orders ChuoAoyama to suspend part of auditing services

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Okuyama, chairman and chief executive officer of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of Japan's leading auditing firms, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on May 10 after the Financial Services Agency issued a business suspension order to the company due to its failure to prevent an earnings falsification scandal at Kanebo Ltd. (Kyodo)

All but 1 of ChuoAoyama's executive partners steps down

All but 1 of ChuoAoyama's executive partners steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Okuyama, chief executive partner of the auditing firm ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers apologizes at a press conference Oct. 3. The company said 10 of its 11 executive partners have stepped down from their positions to take responsibility for the indictment of three of the company's auditors for helping Kanebo Ltd. falsify its financial statements. Okuyama will stay in his post. (Kyodo)