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Brokerages in Japan urged to prevent insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - An emergency meeting attended by about 50 brokerages is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 24, 2012, co-organized by the Japan Securities Dealers Association and the bourse, following a series of insider trading scandals involving employees of major securities firms. The association demanded brokerages scrutinize their corporate governance practices to prevent insider trading, amid growing distrust in the stock market by investors.

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Top banker seeks to lift barriers between banks, brokerages

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Oku, the new chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, has called for the barriers between banks and brokerages to be eliminated to allow lending and securities underwriting services to be integrated to the advantage of customers. Oku made the remark in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

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JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

TOKYO, Japan - Eiichiro Okumoto (in file photo), chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), said April 17 he will serve a second term after top managers of major brokerages rejected JSDA requests to assume the post. Okumoto is also an adviser to the Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR), a research arm of Daiwa Securities Co.

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Three brokerages announce merger

Taiheiyo Securities Co. Chairman Junichi Yoshino (L), Universal Securities Co. President Hirokuni Munechika (C), and Towa Securities Co. President Eisaku Tokuhiro (R) shake hands after announcing the three brokerages will merge next April to become Japan's seventh largest securities house.

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New Japan, Wako finalize merger plan

New Japan Securities Co. President Tadashi Kawaguchi (L) and Wako Securities Co. President Masaaki Sugishita shake hands after announcing plans for a merger between the two second-tier brokerages at a news conference March 24.

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Peak day for shareholders' meeting

More than 2,300 Japanese companies held shareholders' meetings simultaneously on Friday June 26, a move aimed to prevent disruption by sokaiya corporate extortionists. The photo shows people entering a hall for the final shareholders' meeting of Yamaichi Securities Co., once one of Japan's Big Four brokerages, which collapsed last November after chalking up a huge amount of liabilities.

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JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

TOKYO, Japan - Eiichiro Okumoto (in file photo), chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), said April 17 he will serve a second term after top managers of major brokerages rejected JSDA requests to assume the post. Okumoto is also an adviser to the Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR), a research arm of Daiwa Securities Co.

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Top banker seeks to lift barriers between banks, brokerages

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Oku, the new chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, has called for the barriers between banks and brokerages to be eliminated to allow lending and securities underwriting services to be integrated to the advantage of customers. Oku made the remark in a recent interview with Kyodo News. (Kyodo)

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Three brokerages announce merger

Taiheiyo Securities Co. Chairman Junichi Yoshino (L), Universal Securities Co. President Hirokuni Munechika (C), and Towa Securities Co. President Eisaku Tokuhiro (R) shake hands after announcing the three brokerages will merge next April to become Japan's seventh largest securities house.

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TSE experts prepare for Jan. 4 trading+

TOKYO, Japan - Experts at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) conduct final tests on Jan. 1 to ensure that no Y2K computer bugs will disrupt business Jan. 4, the first trading day of the year. The TSE plans to complete checking its computer systems during the day and to connect them with computers at brokerages Jan. 2 and 3 to see if securities transactions will take place normally. Some 50 staff members were present Saturday and demonstrated trading and settlement processes on computers.

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New Japan, Wako finalize merger plan

New Japan Securities Co. President Tadashi Kawaguchi (L) and Wako Securities Co. President Masaaki Sugishita shake hands after announcing plans for a merger between the two second-tier brokerages at a news conference March 24. ==Kyodo

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Peak day for shareholders' meeti

More than 2,300 Japanese companies held shareholders' meetings simultaneously on Friday June 26, a move aimed to prevent disruption by sokaiya corporate extortionists. The photo shows people entering a hall for the final shareholders' meeting of Yamaichi Securities Co., once one of Japan's Big Four brokerages, which collapsed last November after chalking up a huge amount of liabilities. ==Kyodo