Sanyo scraps cellphone joint venture plan with Nokia

Sanyo scraps cellphone joint venture plan with Nokia

OSAKA, Japan -Sanyo Electric Co. Vice President Koichi Maeda announces at a press conference in Osaka on June 22 that the company has canceled plans to set up a cellphone joint venture with Nokia Corp. of Finland.

Toyo Construction seeking financial help from creditors

Toyo Construction seeking financial help from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuji Maeda (L), president of second-tier contractor Maeda Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 10 about a plan to purchase new shares of midsize contractor Toyo Construction Co. to bail it out. At right is Toyo President Minoru Yatabe.

Top bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival

Top bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival

TOKYO, Nov. 15 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) testifies to the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 15. Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda sits at Nishikawa's left and UFJ Bank President Masashi Teranishi at Nishikawa's right. At right is Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Shigemitsu Miki.

Sanyo scraps cellphone joint venture plan with Nokia

Sanyo scraps cellphone joint venture plan with Nokia

OSAKA, Japan -Sanyo Electric Co. Vice President Koichi Maeda announces at a press conference in Osaka on June 22 that the company has canceled plans to set up a cellphone joint venture with Nokia Corp. of Finland. (Kyodo)

Toyo Construction seeking financial help from creditors

Toyo Construction seeking financial help from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuji Maeda (L), president of second-tier contractor Maeda Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 10 about a plan to purchase new shares of midsize contractor Toyo Construction Co. to bail it out. At right is Toyo President Minoru Yatabe. (Kyodo)

Asahi Kasei unit falsified piling data in 266 projects

Asahi Kasei unit falsified piling data in 266 projects

Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. President Tomihiro Maeda (front) apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2015, for his company's falsification of piling data. The company falsified the data on 266 projects out of the 3,040 it has worked on nationwide over the past decade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Asahi Kasei head apologizes over tilting Yokohama condo

Asahi Kasei head apologizes over tilting Yokohama condo

Asahi Kasei Corp. President Toshio Asano (L) and Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Co. President Tomihiro Maeda apologize at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2015, for the subsidiary's involvement in defective piling work and data falsification in the construction of a condominium building in Yokohama that is now tilting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival

Top bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival

TOKYO, Nov. 15 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) testifies to the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 15. Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda sits at Nishikawa's left and UFJ Bank President Masashi Teranishi at Nishikawa's right. At right is Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Shigemitsu Miki. (Kyodo)