Fujitsu Ltd. President Masami Yamamoto admitted Thursday that the company made a "mistake" in handling information about former President Kuniaki Nozoe's abrupt resignation last September.

"We made a mistake in information control," Yamamoto said in his first group interview with the media since his appointment earlier in April. "In hindsight, our judgment (to cite illness as the reason behind Nozoe's resignation) was a bit problematic."

But Yamamoto defended the move, saying the fact that Fujitsu asked Nozoe, who was judged unfit to be president, to resign is proof that its corporate governance is effective.