Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud.

3 Chinese held over fake beer coupons from China

3 Chinese held over fake beer coupons from China

TOKYO, Japn - Put on display for the media at the Tokyo Customs Office on May 7 are some 13,000 fake beer coupons of Kirin Brewery Co. which police and customs officials say were imported from China by three Chinese students at vocational schools in the Tokyo area. They suspect the counterfeit coupons were produced in China and some of them have already been circulated in Japan.

Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud. (Kyodo)

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

TOKYO, Japn - As passersby watch, plainclothesmen check the scene near Tokyo's JR Shimbashi Station where a gang war broke out among knife-wielding, tear-gas-spraying rival gangsters late night Aug. 28. Police said four gangsters were injured with stabbing wounds in the night melee that involved some 53 gangsters from two rival factions of the Kokusuikai mob group.

3 Chinese held over fake beer coupons from China

3 Chinese held over fake beer coupons from China

TOKYO, Japn - Put on display for the media at the Tokyo Customs Office on May 7 are some 13,000 fake beer coupons of Kirin Brewery Co. which police and customs officials say were imported from China by three Chinese students at vocational schools in the Tokyo area. They suspect the counterfeit coupons were produced in China and some of them have already been circulated in Japan.