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32 women file damages suit over Kanebo's skin-whitening cosmetics

KYOTO, Japan - A woman (front) in her 50s holds a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 1, 2014, after filing a damages suit against Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. with the Kyoto District Court. She is among 32 women in Japan who filed suits with district courts in Chiba, Nagoya and Kyoto the same day, seeking about 310 million yen in damages from Kanebo, saying their skin developed white blotches after using the company's skin-whitening products.

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Japanese cosmetics makers hold event in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian woman (R) tries a Japanese cosmetic product on Nov. 27, 2014, at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. Pola Inc. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., Japanese cosmetics makers already operating in Russia, jointly held an event at the embassy to introduce their products under the Japanese government's "Cool Japan Initiative" to boost popularity of Japanese products and culture overseas.

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Japanese cosmetics makers hold event in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian woman (R) is briefed by a representative of a Japanese cosmetics maker on its products on Nov. 27, 2014, at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. Pola Inc. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., Japanese cosmetics makers already operating in Russia, jointly held an event at the embassy to introduce their products under the Japanese government's "Cool Japan Initiative" to boost popularity of Japanese products and culture overseas.

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Suit against Kanebo

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs (front, back to camera), and their lawyers hold a press conference in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 2, 2014. Fourteen people, whose skin broke out in white blotches after using Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.'s skin-whitening products filed a suit that day, seeking damages of 5 million yen each for psychological suffering caused by the company's products.

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Lawyers accuse Kanebo of slow action over blotches

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakagome, one of the two lawyers appointed by Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., presents an investigative report at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The lawyers criticized the company for acting too slowly in responding to complaints from consumers suffering from skin blotches after using skin-whitening cosmetics manufactured by the company and affiliates.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., holds a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (R), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., is surrounded by reporters after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Kanebo Blanchir Superior lotion, which is among the 54 Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. products being recalled by the company following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (C), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., and other company executives bow in a gesture of apology after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, shows some of the 54 Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. products being recalled by the company following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Bailout body selects Kao-led group as Kanebo buyer

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, speaks at a press conference after his agency formally selected a group led by Japan's top household products maker Kao Corp. as the buyer of ailing Kanebo Ltd. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.

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Kanebo to raise extra capital from Kanebo Cosmetics

TOKYO, Japan - Akiyoshi Nakajima (R), chairman of Japanese textile and household products maker Kanebo Ltd., and Kenji Chishiki (L), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., announced in a news conference in Tokyo on June 6 that Kanebo will raise 20 billion yen in fresh capital in late July through a third-party allotment of new shares to be purchased by Kanebo Cosmetics.

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Corporate revival entity director Ogi heads Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling textile maker Kanebo Ltd. on Nov. 1 named Takehiko Ogi (shown), managing director of the government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, as its president. Ogi, 43, also an outside board director of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., a firm spun off from Kanebo in May, replaced Akiyoshi Nakajima, 54, who became Kanebo Ltd.'s chairman with the right to represent the company.

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Kanebo Cosmetics inaugurated to face harsh competition

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Yogo, who will assume the posts of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer, and Keiji Chishiki, who assumed the presidency of the company, shake hands at the start of the new company on May 7 as a spinoff from ailing cosmetics maker Kanebo Ltd. for which the state-run Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan came to the rescue in March. Yogo is currently executive officer of IRCJ.

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Kanebo sets up panel to probe into past accounting practices

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Ltd. President Akiyoshi Nakajima (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on April 19 that the troubled cosmetics and textile maker has launched an investigative panel, led by legal experts, to study whether there have been any illegalities in the company's accounting practices and business transactions. The panel is headed by lawyer Yuichi Suzuki (R).

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Kanebo seeks shareholders' nod for revival plan

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Kanebo Ltd. arrive at a Tokyo hotel to attend an extraordinary meeting called March 30 to seek approval of the troubled cosmetics maker's rehabilitation plan featuring a spinoff of cosmetics operations with the help of the state-backed corporate revival entity.

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(4)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Kaneko, state minister in charge of industrial regeneration, speaks at a news conference March 10 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for ailing cosmetics company Kanebo Ltd.

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(1)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Ltd. Chairman and President Takashi Hoashi (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for the ailing cosmetics company. Seated right is IRJC Executive Officer Ryutaro Katayama.

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(2) IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, chairman and president of ailing cosmetics company Kanebo Ltd., ponders before answering a question at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for Kanebo.

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(3)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Akiyoshi Nakajima, who has been named to take over the presidency of Kanebo Ltd. from Chairman and President Takashi Hoashi, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for the ailing cosmetics company.

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Kanebo Pres. Hoashi to resign over revival plans

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi (file photo), president and chairman of Kanebo Ltd., will resign after the recent fiasco over how to revive the struggling cosmetics maker, sources close to the decision said Feb. 23. Hoashi is expected to announce his resignation at an extraordinary shareholders meeting March 30.

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Kanebo gives up deal with Kao, seeks IRCJ help

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, president of Kanebo Ltd., Japan's second-biggest cosmetics maker, announces at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 16 that the firm has given up an earlier plan to sell its cosmetics operations to Kao Corp., and instead will seek assistance from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) in transforming the operations into a subsidiary to help rebuild its entire business.

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Kanebo, Kao agree on cosmetics business integration

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, chairman and president of Kanebo Ltd. shakes hands with Takuya Goto, president of Kao Corp., at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23. They said the two chemical companies have agreed to integrate their cosmetics businesses.

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Kanebo Sensai brand products

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, in Shanghai shows face wash products of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.'s high-end Sensai brand that were launched in the Chinese market.

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Corporate revival entity director Ogi heads Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling textile maker Kanebo Ltd. on Nov. 1 named Takehiko Ogi (shown), managing director of the government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, as its president. Ogi, 43, also an outside board director of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., a firm spun off from Kanebo in May, replaced Akiyoshi Nakajima, 54, who became Kanebo Ltd.'s chairman with the right to represent the company. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo to raise extra capital from Kanebo Cosmetics

TOKYO, Japan - Akiyoshi Nakajima (R), chairman of Japanese textile and household products maker Kanebo Ltd., and Kenji Chishiki (L), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., announced in a news conference in Tokyo on June 6 that Kanebo will raise 20 billion yen in fresh capital in late July through a third-party allotment of new shares to be purchased by Kanebo Cosmetics. (Kyodo)

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Bailout body selects Kao-led group as Kanebo buyer

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, speaks at a press conference after his agency formally selected a group led by Japan's top household products maker Kao Corp. as the buyer of ailing Kanebo Ltd. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. (Kyodo)

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Workers' strike at Kanebo Cosmetics' Shanghai factory

TOKYO, Japan ? About 700 employees of Shanghai Kanebo Cosmetics Co., a Chinese subsidiary of Japan's Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., refused to report for work on Jan. 18, 2005 saying that the behavior of a Japanese executive constituted a human rights violation. (Kyodo)

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32 women file damages suit over Kanebo's skin-whitening cosmetics

KYOTO, Japan - A woman (front) in her 50s holds a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 1, 2014, after filing a damages suit against Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. with the Kyoto District Court. She is among 32 women in Japan who filed suits with district courts in Chiba, Nagoya and Kyoto the same day, seeking about 310 million yen in damages from Kanebo, saying their skin developed white blotches after using the company's skin-whitening products. (Kyodo)

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(1)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Ltd. Chairman and President Takashi Hoashi (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for the ailing cosmetics company. Seated right is IRJC Executive Officer Ryutaro Katayama. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo Cosmetics inaugurated to face harsh competition

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Yogo, who will assume the posts of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer, and Keiji Chishiki, who assumed the presidency of the company, shake hands at the start of the new company on May 7 as a spinoff from ailing cosmetics maker Kanebo Ltd. for which the state-run Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan came to the rescue in March. Yogo is currently executive officer of IRCJ. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo sets up panel to probe into past accounting practices

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Ltd. President Akiyoshi Nakajima (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on April 19 that the troubled cosmetics and textile maker has launched an investigative panel, led by legal experts, to study whether there have been any illegalities in the company's accounting practices and business transactions. The panel is headed by lawyer Yuichi Suzuki (R). (Kyodo)

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Kanebo seeks shareholders' nod for revival plan

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Kanebo Ltd. arrive at a Tokyo hotel to attend an extraordinary meeting called March 30 to seek approval of the troubled cosmetics maker's rehabilitation plan featuring a spinoff of cosmetics operations with the help of the state-backed corporate revival entity. (Kyodo)

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(4)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Kaneko, state minister in charge of industrial regeneration, speaks at a news conference March 10 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for ailing cosmetics company Kanebo Ltd. (Kyodo)

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(3)IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Akiyoshi Nakajima, who has been named to take over the presidency of Kanebo Ltd. from Chairman and President Takashi Hoashi, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for the ailing cosmetics company. (Kyodo)

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(2) IRCJ OKs 366 bil. yen aid package for Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, chairman and president of ailing cosmetics company Kanebo Ltd., ponders before answering a question at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) approved a 366 billion yen aid package for Kanebo. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo Pres. Hoashi to resign over revival plans

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi (file photo), president and chairman of Kanebo Ltd., will resign after the recent fiasco over how to revive the struggling cosmetics maker, sources close to the decision said Feb. 23. Hoashi is expected to announce his resignation at an extraordinary shareholders meeting March 30. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo gives up deal with Kao, seeks IRCJ help

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, president of Kanebo Ltd., Japan's second-biggest cosmetics maker, announces at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 16 that the firm has given up an earlier plan to sell its cosmetics operations to Kao Corp., and instead will seek assistance from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) in transforming the operations into a subsidiary to help rebuild its entire business. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo, Kao agree on cosmetics business integration

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hoashi, chairman and president of Kanebo Ltd. shakes hands with Takuya Goto, president of Kao Corp., at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23. They said the two chemical companies have agreed to integrate their cosmetics businesses. (Kyodo)