Recruit founder Ezoe dies

Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hiromasa Ezoe, founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate, when he was summoned in November 1988 as a sworn witness before a House of Representatives committee on a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in which Recruit was involved. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

Recruit founder Ezoe dies

Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows Hiromasa Ezoe, the founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate that was mired in a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in the 1980s. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

Prosecutors seek 4 yrs for Ezoe over Recruit scandal

Prosecutors seek 4 yrs for Ezoe over Recruit scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Ezoe, former chairman of Recruit Co. who is charged with selling unlisted shares in Recruit's real-estate subsidiary Recruit Cosmos Co. at low prices to politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders, enters the Tokyo District Court on March 29 to attend the hearing of his trial. Prosecutors demanded a four-year prison term for Ezoe.

Ezoe guilty in Recruit scandal, gets suspended sentence

Ezoe guilty in Recruit scandal, gets suspended sentence

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Ezoe, former chairman of Recruit Co., enters the Tokyo District Court on March 4 to hear the court's verdict on him. Convicted of bribery in a 1980s stocks-for-favors scandal, Ezoe was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years. (Kyodo)

Key figure in Recruit scandal takes oath at Diet

Key figure in Recruit scandal takes oath at Diet

Hiromasa Ezoe, former chairman of information conglomerate Recruit Co. and seen as a key figure in the widening stock-for-favor recruit scandal, stands up at a meeting of the House of Representatives special committee on the scandal before testifying under oath on Nov. 21, 1988. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo