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Corporate governance issues haunt troubled Toshiba as it faces off with investors

Business / Corporate | FOCUS Jun 24, 2021

Corporate governance issues haunt troubled Toshiba as it faces off with investors

by Kazuaki Nagata

Amid scandal, a shareholders meeting on Friday is set to be a showdown between Toshiba’s board, who are pushing to retain Chairman Osamu Nagayama, and investors who want him out.

Toshiba CEO's exit raises doubts over buyout offers

Business / Corporate Apr 14, 2021

Toshiba CEO's exit raises doubts over buyout offers

by Yuki Furukawa and Takashi Mochizuki

The decision came as factions within the firm mounted resistance to a preliminary buyout offer from CVC Capital Partners — where outgoing chief Nobuaki Kurumatani previously worked.

Toshiba again seeks acquisitions after string of deal flops

Business / Corporate Dec 19, 2020

Toshiba again seeks acquisitions after string of deal flops

by Pavel Alpeyev and Yuki Furukawa

Chastened by a string of disastrous overseas acquisitions, the industrial giant is once again looking to buy — this time more cautiously and closer to home.

Toshiba CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani to be given additional title of president in April

Business / Corporate Jan 18, 2020

Toshiba CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani to be given additional title of president in April

by Ayai Tomisawa and Yuki Furukawa

Toshiba Corp. Chief Executive Officer Nobuaki Kurumatani will add the title of president effective April, part of a revamp among top management aimed at speeding up decision-making. Satoshi Tsunakawa, the current president who was promoted in 2016 following an accounting scandal, will resign and become ...

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