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Mitsui announces top management reshuffles over scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui & Co. said Sept. 4 Nobuo Ohashi (top L), a vice president, will become the new chairman to replace Shigeji Ueshima (bottom L) and Shoei Utsuda (top R), a senior managing director, will succeed Shinjiro Shimizu (bottom R) as president. The reshuffles, which will take effect Sept. 30, were decided at the firm's extraordinary board meeting.

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Japan names new ambassadors to Bulgaria and Luxembourg

Combination photo shows Shinichi Yamanaka (L), former vice minister at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Shigeji Suzuki, former secretary general at the Board of Audit of Japan, who were appointed on June 17, 2016, as ambassadors to Bulgaria and Luxembourg, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsui announces top management reshuffles over scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui & Co. said Sept. 4 Nobuo Ohashi (top L), a vice president, will become the new chairman to replace Shigeji Ueshima (bottom L) and Shoei Utsuda (top R), a senior managing director, will succeed Shinjiro Shimizu (bottom R) as president. The reshuffles, which will take effect Sept. 30, were decided at the firm's extraordinary board meeting. (Kyodo)

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Keidanren picks 3 new vice chairmen

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to ) Akio Kosai, 68, president of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Minoru Makihara, 70, chairman of Mitsubishi Corp., and Shigeji Ueshima, 68, president of Mitsui & Co., who were named vice chairmen of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Japan's most powerful big-business group, on March 8.