Livedoor Co. on Friday asked Fuji Television Network Inc. to support its efforts to recover during the two firms' first executive-level talks since prosecutors raided Livedoor's offices on Jan. 16 over alleged Securities and Exchange Law violations, Fuji TV President Koichi Murakami said.

Murakami told reporters that Kozo Hiramatsu, who replaced Takafumi Horie as Livedoor president Tuesday, visited the broadcaster's head office in the afternoon and met with him and Fuji TV Chairman Hisashi Hieda.

Fuji TV is Livedoor's second-largest shareholder.