Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2012. Prosecutors arrested Hiroyoshi Yoshioka, a former SMBC Nikko Securities executive officer, and three others over alleged insider trading.

Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu, president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22 after Takafumi Horie, the company's former president, and three other former executives were served fresh arrest warrants on suspicion of inflating Livedoor group earnings.

Livedoor's Horie indicted

Livedoor's Horie indicted

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie (L, file photo) and three other former executives of the company, including former Chief Financial Officer Ryoji Miyauchi (R, file photo), were indicted Feb. 13 on charges that they spread false financial information related to a takeover of a publisher in 2004 in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law, prosecution sources said. (Kyodo)

Ex-LTCB execs get suspended terms over concealing bad loans

Ex-LTCB execs get suspended terms over concealing bad loans

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunobu Onogi (R), former president of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) enters the Tokyo District Court building on Sept. 10 to hear a court ruling on him being charged with falsifying financial statements to conceal massive bad loans. Onogi was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four years. The other two former top executives were also sentenced to suspended prison terms. (Kyodo)

Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu, president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22 after Takafumi Horie, the company's former president, and three other former executives were served fresh arrest warrants on suspicion of inflating Livedoor group earnings. (Kyodo)

Ex-Mitsubishi president convicted over vehicle defect causing de

Ex-Mitsubishi president convicted over vehicle defect causing de

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama District Court on Jan. 16 gave suspended sentences to former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe and three other former executives convicted of negligence causing the death of a driver of a defective Mitsubishi truck in 2002. The photo shows Kawasoe (front row, L) and other former Mitsubishi Motors defendants arriving at the court in the morning on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)