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ACCOUNTING SCANDAL

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016
Toshiba sees finances improving after narrowing its business
Toshiba Corp. said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2015
Toshiba to end TV production, shrink staff, sell assembly plants overseas
Toshiba Corp. is planning to withdraw from TV manufacturing by selling its factories abroad, a source has said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2015
S&P downgrades scandal-hit Toshiba, with 'negative' outlook
U.S. credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said Wednesday that it has downgraded Japanese electronics company Toshiba Corp.'s long-term corporate credit to "BBB-" from "BBB," stating that confusion in its operations arising from "inappropriate" accounting may continue to have a negative impact on its earnings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2015
Toshiba eyes appointing Shiseido adviser Maeda as board chairman
Toshiba Corp. is considering naming Shinzo Maeda, senior adviser to cosmetics-maker Shiseido Co., as chairman of its revamped board in order to improve corporate governance at the industrial conglomerate that's mired in an accounting scandal, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2015
Toshiba scandal highlights need for diversity in corporate Japan
An accounting scandal engulfing Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp. has exposed how closed corporate culture, still prevalent even at globally well-known companies in the country, plagues corporate governance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2015
Toshiba unveils more exec pay cuts over accounting scam
Toshiba Corp. has announced an additional round of punishments over its accounting scandal — pay cuts affecting 16 executives, including Chairman and President Masashi Muromachi — and the resignation of another executive.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 30, 2015
After rough bond performance, Toshiba seen facing more capital hits
Toshiba Corp.'s bonds were Japan's biggest losers this month, and the worst may not be over in the nation's latest accounting scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2015
Troubled Toshiba to sell $1 billion stake in Finnish elevator maker Kone
Toshiba Corp. is selling a $1 billion stake in Finnish elevator and escalator maker Kone Oyj as the Japanese group moves to bolster its balance sheet amid a probe into accounting irregularities.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2015
Probe finds that pressure by management contributed to Toshiba wrongdoing
Toshiba Corp. must correct at least ¥152 billion in pretax earnings over seven years after an internal accounting probe revealed the company overstated profits under pressure from management.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2015
Toshiba's cooked books
Unless it's determined why Toshiba's existing governance mechanism failed to prevent accounting irregularities it will be difficult to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2015
Toshiba president pressed subordinates to improve profits
The president of Toshiba Corp., which has been embroiled in an accounting scandal, placed intense pressure on his subordinates to meet profit targets, potentially driving them to pad profits, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Death-row inmates' lawsuit targeting same-day notifications of executions dismissed
Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit with Osaka District Court in hopes of sparking a wider discussion on the rights of death row prisoners.
Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists
The departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Now with inflation at its strongest in decades, Japanese are starting to realize that years of static wages leave many of them budgeting each month before their next pay check.
By-elections to determine Kishida’s fate within LDP
LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi and election strategy committee chair Yuko Obuchi speak to reporters in Tokyo on April 2.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
How ‘winged’ gyōza took flight from a Tokyo suburb
The creator of "hanetsuki gyōza" is Isao Yagi, and his restaurant, Nihao, can be found right on the border of Tokyo and Kawasaki in Ota Ward.
How Ippei Mizuhara allegedly wired millions from Shohei Ohtani’s account
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in December at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California

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