Secrecy bill

Secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Toshio Seya, former head of the Regional Banks Association of Japan, lawyer Yoichi Eto of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Toshiaki Hibino, the head of the Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions, attend a session of the upper house's security committee in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2013. All of the experts invited to appear at the Diet hearing expressed concern about controversial legislation to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets that the ruling bloc is aiming to enact later in the week.

(3)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

(3)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A police car carrying Takashi Usami, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., is about to leave Seya Police Station in Yokohama on May 6. Usami was arrested with six former senior officials of the company and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

(3)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

(3)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A police car carrying Takashi Usami, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., is about to leave Seya Police Station in Yokohama on May 6. Usami was arrested with six former senior officials of the company and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002. (Kyodo)

Fujitsu to set up outsourcing firm for regional banks

Fujitsu to set up outsourcing firm for regional banks

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. on Feb. 8 announces it will set up a firm to offer outsourcing services for regional banks on the management and operation of their computer systems. Photo shows Fujitsu President Naoyuki Akikusa (R) shaking hands with Toshio Seya, president of Toho Bank, at a press conference in Tokyo. Seya said Toho Bank, based in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, will become the first bank to participate in the services.