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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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3 ex-TEPCO execs judged to merit indictment on nuke disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai (C), an attorney representing people who sought a review of the prosecution's judgment on six former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives, and others meet the press in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, about a decision by a committee for the inquest of prosecution that three of them deserve indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai, an attorney representing those who sought criminal responsibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, after an independent judicial panel of citizens decided that the three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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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.

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Nikko Cordial to seek 3.1 bil. yen damages from 3 former execs

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial Corp. President Shoji Kuwashima (C) bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27 after the brokerage submitted a corrected version of its financial statements to the Finance Ministry following an accounting fraud late last year. The company said it will file a lawsuit against three former top group executives to seek a total of 3.1 billion yen ($25.94 million) in damages for their alleged involvement in the fraud.

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Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud.

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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.

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Securities watchdog files complaint against Kanebo, ex-chief

TOKYO, Japan - Three Kanebo Ltd. executives bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 17 after the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a criminal complaint of accounting fraud with prosecutors against the company and three of its former executives.

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Prosecutors raid UFJ Bank for obstructing FSA inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors raid UFJ Bank's Tokyo headquarters (photo) and the homes of some of its former executives Oct. 8 in connection with the bank's alleged obstruction of inspections by the Financial Services Agency last fall. The raid followed the FSA's filing of a criminal complaint on Thursday against the bank and three of its former executives over the alleged obstruction.

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Prosecutors raid UFJ Bank for obstructing FSA inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors raid UFJ Bank's Tokyo headquarters (photo) and the homes of some of its former executives Oct. 8 in connection with the bank's alleged obstruction of inspections by the Financial Services Agency last fall. The raid followed the FSA's filing of a criminal complaint on Thursday against the bank and three of its former executives over the alleged obstruction. (Kyodo)

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Securities watchdog files complaint against Kanebo, ex-chief

TOKYO, Japan - Three Kanebo Ltd. executives bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 17 after the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a criminal complaint of accounting fraud with prosecutors against the company and three of its former executives. (Kyodo)

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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)

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Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud. (Kyodo)

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Nikko Cordial to seek 3.1 bil. yen damages from 3 former execs

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial Corp. President Shoji Kuwashima (C) bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27 after the brokerage submitted a corrected version of its financial statements to the Finance Ministry following an accounting fraud late last year. The company said it will file a lawsuit against three former top group executives to seek a total of 3.1 billion yen ($25.94 million) in damages for their alleged involvement in the fraud. (Kyodo)

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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)

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3 ex-TEPCO execs indicted

Photo shows former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. who were indicted on Feb. 29, 2016, for failure to take measures to prevent the tsunami-triggered crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. The three are (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, TEPCO chairman at the time, and two former vice presidents -- Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations continue in quake-hit Tainan

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2016, shows rescue operations at a collapsed high-rise condominium in Tainan, Taiwan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Feb. 6. The death toll has risen to 41 so far, while a court granted prosecutors' request for arrest warrants to be issued for three former executives of a company that constructed the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations continue in quake-hit Tainan

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, shows rescue operations at a collapsed high-rise condominium in Tainan, Taiwan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Feb. 6. The death toll has risen to 41 so far, while a court granted prosecutors' request for arrest warrants to be issued for three former executives of a company that constructed the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations continue in quake-hit Tainan

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, shows rescue operations at a collapsed high-rise condominium in Tainan, Taiwan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Feb. 6. The death toll has risen to 41 so far, while a court granted prosecutors' request for arrest warrants to be issued for three former executives of a company that constructed the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations continue in quake-hit Tainan

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2016, shows rescue operations at a collapsed high-rise condominium in Tainan, Taiwan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Feb. 6. The death toll has risen to 41 so far, while a court granted prosecutors' request for arrest warrants to be issued for three former executives of a company that constructed the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO chief meets with reporters

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 31, 2015, following a decision by an independent judicial panel of citizens that three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Hirose said, "I will push forward various measures to enhance the security of nuclear plants." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel says ex-TEPCO execs should face mandatory indictment

Ruiko Muto (C), who heads a group that lodged a complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, and its lawyer (R) hold banners reading "Mandatory Indictment" and "Justice for Citizens" in Tokyo on July 31, 2015. That day an independent judicial panel of citizens said that three former TEPCO executives should be indicted and tried for professional negligence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

File photo taken on March 17, 2011, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, six days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeast, triggering meltdowns at the plant. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that three former executives of the utility merit indictment over the nuclear disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Photo shows (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, who was chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and former TEPCO vice presidents Sakae Muto, 65, and Ichiro Takekuro, 69. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that the three former executives merit indictment over the disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Men hold banners reading "Mandatory indictment" and "Justice for citizens" in front of the Tokyo District Court on July 31, 2015, following a decision by an independent judicial panel of citizens that three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds guilty verdict on ex-bankers over bad loans

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court upheld on June 21 a guilty verdict by a lower court on three former top executives of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan for falsifying financial statements to conceal massive bad loans and authorizing illegal dividend payments. Photo shows (from R to L) former LTCB President Katsunobu Onogi, former vice presidents Yoshiharu Suzuki and Masami Suda entering the court. (Kyodo)

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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)

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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)

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3 ex-TEPCO execs judged to merit indictment on nuke disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai (C), an attorney representing people who sought a review of the prosecution's judgment on six former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives, and others meet the press in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, about a decision by a committee for the inquest of prosecution that three of them deserve indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai, an attorney representing those who sought criminal responsibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, after an independent judicial panel of citizens decided that the three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Protest against acquittal of ex-TEPCO execs over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Women who left their homes due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis hold placards reading "All found not guilty. Unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19, 2019, after three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of charges related to the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against acquittal of ex-TEPCO execs over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Women who left their homes due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis hold placards reading "All found not guilty. Unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19, 2019, after three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of charges related to the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against acquittal of ex-TEPCO execs over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Women who left their homes due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis hold placards reading "All found not guilty. Unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19, 2019, after three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of charges related to the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against acquittal of ex-TEPCO execs over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Women who left their homes due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis hold placards reading "All found not guilty. Unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19, 2019, after three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of charges related to the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against acquittal of ex-TEPCO execs over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Women who left their homes due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis hold placards reading "All found not guilty. Unjust ruling" in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19, 2019, after three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are acquitted of charges related to the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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

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Former NCB executives plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Accompanied by their lawyers, three former executives of the failed Nippon Credit Bank walk into the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21 to appear in the first hearing of their trial. Former Vice President Tadao Iwaki, 62, former Chairman Hiroshi Kubota, 68, and former President Shigeoki Togo, 56, (drom L to R) pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying the bank's fiscal 1997 earnings report to conceal bad loans.

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3 former LTCB execs indicted

File photos show (from L to R) Katsunobu Onogi, former president of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), and Masami Suda, former vice president of the bank, two of the three retired executives who were indicted June 30 on charges of illegally paying dividends to shareholders and falsifying the bank's financial statements. Also indicted along with them was former Vice President Yoshiharu Suzuki.

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3 former LTCB execs indicted

File photos show (from L to R) Katsunobu Onogi, former president of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), and Masami Suda, former vice president of the bank, two of the three retired executives who were indicted June 30 on charges of illegally paying dividends to shareholders and falsifying the bank's financial statements. Also indicted along with them was former Vice President Yoshiharu Suzuki.