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CARTEL

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2019
Showered in blaze of bullets, upscale Mexican neighborhood in shock after cartel assault
The trendy bars and restaurants along the main strip of the Mexican city overwhelmed late last week by an army of cartel gunmen slowly began their recovery over the weekend even as many traumatized residents still shied away.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2019
'El Chapo' jurors see intimate texts caught by drug lord's spyware
Prosecutors in the U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Wednesday shared with jurors text messages they said the accused Mexican drug lord sent to his wife and apparent mistress in which he discussed narrowly escaping from a raid and joked about arming his 18-month-old daughter with an assault rifle.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2016
EU slaps €166 million fine on Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic battery units over price cartel
The European Commission said Monday it has fined Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. a total of €166 million ($176 million) for collusion on the pricing of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 26, 2016
TDK, NHK Spring searched over alleged price cartel
The Fair Trade Commission searched the offices of TDK Corp. and NHK Spring Co. on Tuesday on suspicion they formed a price cartel for electronics parts for hard disk drives, sources said.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2016
EU fines Mitsubishi, Hitachi units €138 million over auto parts cartel
The European Union fined Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. on Wednesday a total of around €137.8 million (¥18.05 billion)after finding that the two Japanese firms had participated in a cartel over the sale of auto parts.
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2015
Taiwan slaps 'highest' fines on Japanese electronics makers over capacitor price-fixing cartel
Taiwan's competition policy watchdog said Wednesday that it has imposed fines totaling 5.79 billion New Taiwan dollars ($176 million) against a total of 10 companies, including Japan's Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. and Rubycon Corp., for forming a cartel to fix prices of capacitors used in a range of electronics products such as PCs, mobile phones and hand-held game consoles.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2015
EU slaps DVD drive-makers with €116 fine
Brussels
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2015
Alleged mastermind behind massacre of 43 Mexicans nabbed but mystery continues
Mexico has caught one of the supposed masterminds behind the apparent massacre of 43 student teachers last year, a police source said on Thursday, potentially raising hopes more will come to light in an incident still shrouded in mystery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 8, 2015
The murder ballads of Mexico's brutal drug war
A group of Mexican folk musicians take the stage, guitars in hand and tuba at the back. Based on the gaudy outfits they're dressed in — a mix of mariachi style with Vegas-era Elvis — you might think you know how they're going to sound. Then you notice one of the musicians is holding a bazooka, and you tune into the lyrics to the chirpy, polka-like ditty they're singing: "Cross my path and I'll cut your head off. We are bloodthirsty, crazy and we like to kill!"
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2015
Japan shipping firm official to be jailed in U.S. over cartel
A senior official of the major Japanese shipping firm Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha has been sentenced to a 15-month prison term for his involvement in a price-fixing conspiracy, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2014
Japanese execs to serve prison terms for U.S. car parts price-fixing
Two Japanese automotive industry executives have agreed to serve prison terms and pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines over a price-fixing conspiracy involving car parts sold in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2014
Alleged cartel to cost cardboard makers billions
The Fair Trade Commission plans to fine some 60 cardboard makers around ¥13 billion over an alleged cartel, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2014
Fines, snitching fuel U.S. antitrust blitz against Japan firms
Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged two dozen Japanese auto parts companies and 32 of their employees with rigging bids or fixing the prices for their products in what it calls its largest such investigation to date.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2014
Ex-Denso exec to be jailed in U.S. over obstructing cartel probe
A former executive of Japanese auto parts maker Denso Corp. will be jailed in the United States after pleading guilty to obstructing a 2010 investigation of a price-fixing allegation, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2013
Japanese units shell out for rigging U.S. auto parts prices
A consortium of Japanese companies used code names and secret meetings to rig bids for dozens of types of auto parts imported to the United States in a decade-long conspiracy that may have cost U.S. consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, U.S. officials announced.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2013
Yazaki, Furukawa hit over EU cartel
Yazaki Corp., the world's biggest maker of automotive wire harnesses, Leoni AG, and Furukawa Electric Co. were fined a total of €141 million ($180 million) in a European Union probe of price-fixing cartels.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Tehran signals no retaliation against Israel after drones attack Iran
A reported strike against Iran by Israel on Friday came against the backdrop of Iran's support for the Palestinian Hamas militant group, whose assault into Israel on Oct. 7 triggered Israel's invasion of Gaza.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
Former No. 1 Kento Momota retires from international badminton at 29
Badminton star Kento Momota leaves a news conference after announcing his retirement from Japan's national team, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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