SEC probe raises once unthinkable prospect of a Tesla without Elon Musk
It is nearly impossible to imagine Tesla Inc. without Elon Musk — its chairman, CEO, largest shareholder and public face. But the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit Thursday has raised questions about the executive's future at the electric car company, sending shares spiraling. The agency ...
Yamanashi mayor arrested for allegedly inflating test score of City Hall applicant
The mayor of Yamanashi was arrested Monday for allegedly falsifying the results of a municipal recruitment test last year to help an applicant land a job, the police said. Seiki Mochizuki, 70, is serving his first term as mayor of the mountainous city, which is ...
The Osaka Prefectural Police have deployed 900 officers to about 400 unmanned bank branches on Monday to combat transfer scams targeting the elderly. Operations of this size are rare in any prefecture, and the police did not say when it would end. The deployment is aimed ...
Convenience store ATM heist sees ¥1.4 billion stolen in two hours across Japan
A total of ¥1.4 billion in cash was stolen from some 1,400 convenience store ATMs across the nation in the space of two hours earlier this month.
Number of reported crimes in Japan fell to postwar low in 2015
Overall penal code violations decreased 9.3 percent from the previous year to 1,099,048, falling below the previous record of 1,190,549 set in 1973.
