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Benesse to revamp data security structure

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. Harada explained the company's new data security setup to bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft.

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Benesse data leak

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., meets reporters after submitting a report to industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi at the ministry in Tokyo on July 17, 2014, following a massive leak of customer data held by the company, Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children.

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Benesse data leak

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., submits a report to industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi at the ministry in Tokyo on July 17, 2014, following a massive leak of customer data held by the company, Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children.

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Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference attended by Hitoshi Kobayashi, president of Benesse Corp., in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

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Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

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Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp.

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Harada to become Benesse president

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2014, after Benesse Holdings Inc., a provider of educational materials and services, decided to appoint Harada its new president and chairman in June.

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McDonald's Japan president steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2013, about his stepping down as president of the operating company McDonald's Co. (Japan). Harada will remain as chairman of the operating company as well as chairman and president of the holding company.

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McDonald's Japan president steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (L), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and Sarah Casanova, new president of the company, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2013. Harada has stepped down as president of the company, the operating company of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan). He will remain as chairman of the operating company as well as chairman and president of its holding company.

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McDonald's Japan's Harada

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, president of McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), introduces the company's new products at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (C), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and pop idol Miki Fujimoto (R), present a customer with food and a memento at a refurbished restaurant of the U.S. hamburger chain in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 25, 2010. The company opened a total of 12 restaurants in the capital the same day offering upgraded designs and furniture to lure new customers.

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McDonald's Japan's FY 2008 sales rise 3 percent to record high

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chief executive officer of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the year ended in December during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4.

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McDonald's Japan to give store managers overtime pay

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 20. He said the company will introduce a new system on Aug. 1 to provide overtime pay to store managers and area market developers who have not been receiving it. The new system comes after the Tokyo District Court in January ruled that it was unreasonable for the fast food restaurant chain to treat store managers without special authority as administrators who receive no overtime pay.

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October.

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McDonald's to tap Apple Japan's Harada for CEO

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) is set to name Apple Japan Inc. President Eiko Harada (file photo) chief executive officer, hoping his experience at the computer firm will bolster business at the giant fast-food chain, sources said Feb. 6.

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's Japan to give store managers overtime pay

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 20. He said the company will introduce a new system on Aug. 1 to provide overtime pay to store managers and area market developers who have not been receiving it. The new system comes after the Tokyo District Court in January ruled that it was unreasonable for the fast food restaurant chain to treat store managers without special authority as administrators who receive no overtime pay. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's Japan's FY 2008 sales rise 3 percent to record high

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chief executive officer of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the year ended in December during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's to tap Apple Japan's Harada for CEO

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) is set to name Apple Japan Inc. President Eiko Harada (file photo) chief executive officer, hoping his experience at the computer firm will bolster business at the giant fast-food chain, sources said Feb. 6. (Kyodo)

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Benesse replaces top executive after posting net loss

Benesse Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Eiko Harada (R) and Vice President Kenichi Fukuhara attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2016. The correspondence education provider said Harada will step down to take responsibility for its poor performance and be succeeded by Fukuhara after it posted a group net loss for the second year in a row. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Benesse posts 1st annual group net loss in FY 2014

Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., announces the education business company's fiscal 2014 earnings results at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 1, 2015. Benesse posted an annual group net loss for the first time since listing in 1995, due largely to special costs to grapple with the aftermath of Japan's biggest-ever data theft by a former employee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (C), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and pop idol Miki Fujimoto (R), present a customer with food and a memento at a refurbished restaurant of the U.S. hamburger chain in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 25, 2010. The company opened a total of 12 restaurants in the capital the same day offering upgraded designs and furniture to lure new customers. (Kyodo)

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Benesse to revamp data security structure

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. Harada explained the company's new data security setup to bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft. (Kyodo)

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Nearly 21 mil. customers' info may have leaked from Benesse

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (R), chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, speaks at a press conference attended by Hitoshi Kobayashi, president of Benesse Corp., in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. Harada said personal information of up to around 20.7 million customers may have leaked from its group company Benesse Corp. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's Japan's Harada

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, president of McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), introduces the company's new products at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)