Lawyer Nakabo dies

Lawyer Nakabo dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2003 shows Kohei Nakabo, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. Nakabo died of heart failure May 3, 2013, at age 83. He also served as the first chief of the Resolution and Collection Corporation, which works for the disposal of bad loans.

Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

OSAKA, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, former Japan Federation of Bar Associations president and former Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC) chief, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Oct. 10 about his intention to quit as a lawyer.

Dispute over waste on Teshima Island nears settlement

Dispute over waste on Teshima Island nears settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Kohei Nakabo (C) and representatives of residents fighting a 25-year-old case over industrial waste dumped on Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, meet the press at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on May 26, as the issue neared resolution. Both the Kagawa prefectural government and Teshima residents signaled their readiness to accept a settlement plan presented by a central government commission earlier in the day, which includes a proposal that some 500,000 tons of industrial waste be transferred to nearby Naoshima Island, located in the Inland Sea in western Japan.

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, president of the Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC), speaks to reporters prior to resigning on Aug. 2 at a Bank of Japan press club in Tokyo on June 29. ''Japanese bankers should behave with high moral standards since they have public responsibilities,'' he said at his last regular press conference as the head of the RCC.

Merger announced to create new debt-collection body

Merger announced to create new debt-collection body

Kohei Nakabo (L), president of the Housing Loan Administration Corp., and Shigeru Mizuno (R), president of the Resolution and Collection Bank, shake hands on Dec. 25 with Noboru Matsuda (C), president of the government's Deposit Insurance Corp., after signing a contract for merger of their two organizations on next April 1 to become a new government-backed debt collection body. The new corporation, aimed to facilitate clean up of the bad loans plaguing the Japanese financial system, is to be funded entirely by Deposit Insurance Corp. that bails out troubled banks.

Merger announced to create new debt-collection body

Merger announced to create new debt-collection body

Kohei Nakabo (L), president of the Housing Loan Administration Corp., and Shigeru Mizuno (R), president of the Resolution and Collection Bank, shake hands Dec. 25 with Noboru Matuda (C), president of the government's Deposit Insurance Corp., after signing a contract for merger of their two organizations next April 1 to become a new government-backed debt collection body. The new corporation, aimed to facilitate clean up of the bad loans plaguing the Japanese financial system, is to be funded entirely by Deposit Insurance Corp. that bails out troubled banks. ==Kyodo

Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

OSAKA, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, former Japan Federation of Bar Associations president and former Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC) chief, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Oct. 10 about his intention to quit as a lawyer. (Kyodo)

Dispute over waste on Teshima Island nears settlement

Dispute over waste on Teshima Island nears settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Kohei Nakabo (C) and representatives of residents fighting a 25-year-old case over industrial waste dumped on Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, meet the press at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on May 26, as the issue neared resolution. Both the Kagawa prefectural government and Teshima residents signaled their readiness to accept a settlement plan presented by a central government commission earlier in the day, which includes a proposal that some 500,000 tons of industrial waste be transferred to nearby Naoshima Island, located in the Inland Sea in western Japan.

Ex-RCC chief Nakabo named as special adviser to Obuchi

Ex-RCC chief Nakabo named as special adviser to Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands at his official residence March 7 with Kohei Nakabo, former president of the government-run debt-recovering agency, Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC), after Obuchi appointed Nakabo as his special adviser on monetary and environmental issues.

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, president of the Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC), speaks to reporters prior to resigning on Aug. 2 at a Bank of Japan press club in Tokyo on June 29. ''Japanese bankers should behave with high moral standards since they have public responsibilities,'' he said at his last regular press conference as the head of the RCC.

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

Nakabo criticizes banks at last press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, president of the Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC), speaks to reporters prior to resigning on Aug. 2 at a Bank of Japan press club in Tokyo on June 29. ''Japanese bankers should behave with high moral standards since they have public responsibilities,'' he said at his last regular press conference as the head of the RCC.