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Osaka city office's tattoo check on employees ruled illegal

OSAKA, Japan - Tadasu Yasuda, a 56-year-old Osaka city office worker, celebrates outside the Osaka District Court on Dec. 17, 2014, after the court upheld his complaint that the city office's investigation in 2012 into whether its workers had tattoos was illegal for privacy reasons.

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Daiei chief likely to resign over shady stock deal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tadasu Toba, president of Daei Inc., who company sources said Oct. 10 is likely to resign over his controversial purchase of the stocks of Daiei OMC Inc. (DOMC), a Daiei group credit-card firm.

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Daiei chairman, president quit over stock scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Nakauchi, founder and chairman of Daiei Inc., is surrounded by reporters Oct. 10 after he announced at a news conference both he and President Tadasu Toba are resigning following a stock trading scandal involving Toba. Nakauchi said he will serve as a supreme adviser with the right to represent the company and added he will step down as a board member at a shareholders' meeting next May.

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Daiei chief repents 'undue procedure' in group stock deals

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., bows deeply at a press conference on Oct. 3 at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to express repentance for ''undue procedure'' in trading in shares in a group company last year. Toba donated his 15.9 million yen in profit from the share deals to three organizations, including the Japan Committee for UNICEF, after the adviser pointed out that the purchase might be regarded as a case of insider trading.

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Daiei announces downward revision of earnings performance

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., announces downward revision of earnings performance in the first half of 1999 business year through Aug. 31 at a Tokyo Stock Exchange news conference Aug. 31.

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Daiei unveils restructuring plan

Chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) and President Tadasu Toba of Japan's top supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. speak at a news conference in Tokyo on March 25. They announced a three-year restructuring plan that called for a reduction of 3,000 jobs and halving the number of directors.

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Daiei's Nakauchi to give up presidency

Daiei Inc. founder and chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 20, saying he will relinquish day-to-day control of the struggling supermarket chain by giving his job as president to Vice President Tadasu Toba (L). Nakauchi apparently sought to assuage creditor banks, who have been unhappy about the performance of Japan's largest supermarket chain.

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Daiei's Nakauchi to give up presidency

Daiei Inc. founder and chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 20, saying he will relinquish day-to-day control of the struggling supermarket chain by giving his job as president to Vice President Tadasu Toba (L). Nakauchi apparently sought to assuage creditor banks, who have been unhappy about the performance of Japan's largest supermarket chain. ==Kyodo

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Osaka city office's tattoo check on employees ruled illegal

OSAKA, Japan - Tadasu Yasuda, a 56-year-old Osaka city office worker, celebrates outside the Osaka District Court on Dec. 17, 2014, after the court upheld his complaint that the city office's investigation in 2012 into whether its workers had tattoos was illegal for privacy reasons. (Kyodo)

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Daiei chairman, president quit over stock scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Nakauchi, founder and chairman of Daiei Inc., is surrounded by reporters Oct. 10 after he announced at a news conference both he and President Tadasu Toba are resigning following a stock trading scandal involving Toba. Nakauchi said he will serve as a supreme adviser with the right to represent the company and added he will step down as a board member at a shareholders' meeting next May.

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Daiei chief likely to resign over shady stock deal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tadasu Toba, president of Daei Inc., who company sources said Oct. 10 is likely to resign over his controversial purchase of the stocks of Daiei OMC Inc. (DOMC), a Daiei group credit-card firm.

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Daiei chief repents 'undue procedure' in group stock deals

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., bows deeply at a press conference on Oct. 3 at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to express repentance for ''undue procedure'' in trading in shares in a group company last year. Toba donated his 15.9 million yen in profit from the share deals to three organizations, including the Japan Committee for UNICEF, after the adviser pointed out that the purchase might be regarded as a case of insider trading.

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Daiei announces downward revision of earnings performance

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., announces downward revision of earnings performance in the first half of 1999 business year through Aug. 31 at a Tokyo Stock Exchange news conference Aug. 31.

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Daiei unveils restructuring plan

Chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) and President Tadasu Toba of Japan's top supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. speak at a news conference in Tokyo on March 25. They announced a three-year restructuring plan that called for a reduction of 3,000 jobs and halving the number of directors. ==Kyodo