GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive.

Ex-Takefuji Chairman Takei found guilty on wiretapping charges

Ex-Takefuji Chairman Takei found guilty on wiretapping charges

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Nov. 17 sentenced Yasuo Takei (file photo), founder and former chairman of major consumer loan provider Takefuji Corp., to three years in prison, suspended for four years, on charges of ordering subordinates to wiretap journalists. (Kyodo)

Toshiba's irregular accounting "systematic" wrongdoing

Toshiba's irregular accounting "systematic" wrongdoing

Photo shows (from L) Toshiba Corp. President Hisao Tanaka, Vice Chairman Norio Sasaki and advisor Atsutoshi Nishida. A third-party panel investigating the company's accounting irregularities said July 20, 2015, that its top management exerted pressure on subordinates to achieve ambitious budget targets and prompted the overstating of profits by 151.8 billion yen over seven years in a "systematic" manner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-vice defense chief Moriya called for discretionary defense co

Ex-vice defense chief Moriya called for discretionary defense co

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in file photo) made suggestions to his subordinates several times while in office that the Defense Agency should sign a discretionary contract on jet engine procurement with defense equipment trading house Nihon Mirise Corp., sources familiar with the case said on Nov. 29. Moriya, 63, was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from Motonobu Miyazaki, 69, who set up Nihon Mirise last year. (Kyodo)

Ex-Hawks Town chief convicted of sexual harassment

Ex-Hawks Town chief convicted of sexual harassment

FUKUOKA, Japan - Takeshi Kotsuka, former president of Hawks Town Co., leaves the Fukuoka District Court in Fukuoka on Oct. 6 after being sentenced to five years for sexually harassing eight women, mostly his subordinates, during his tenure. (Kyodo)

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive. (Kyodo)

2 ex-prosecutors get suspended terms

2 ex-prosecutors get suspended terms

OSAKA, Japan - Hiromichi Otsubo, former head of the elite investigative team at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, enters the Osaka District Court on March 30, 2012. The court sentenced Otsubo and his former deputy to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after being found guilty of covering up evidence tampering by one of their subordinates in the course of investigations into a case involving the abuse of a postal discount system. (Kyodo)

Toshiba U.S. unit executives pressured workers to understate losses

Toshiba U.S. unit executives pressured workers to understate losses

Undated photo shows Danny Roderick, chairman of Westinghouse Electric Co. Executives at the troubled U.S. nuclear unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp. pressured subordinates to understate losses related to nuclear plant construction, sources close to the matter said on Feb. 16, 2017. The matter could re-ignite concern over corporate governance as Toshiba struggles to put behind it an accounting scandal in 2015 involving three former presidents pressuring subordinates to overstate profits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top MSDF officer admonished for influencing helicopter selection

Top MSDF officer admonished for influencing helicopter selection

Adm. Tomohisa Takei, chief of staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2016, after the Defense Ministry admonished him for influencing the selection process for next-generation utility helicopters through "thoughtless" remarks to subordinates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo