HIROSHIMA – The former president of the Hiroshima branch of Sogo Department Store was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of causing 320 million yen in losses by ordering the store to buy out-of-style women’s clothes.
The clothing was purchased from a Tokyo-based company that Yoshimi Waseda, 74, the Hiroshima outlet president, also presided over as president.
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