Since being arrested for possession of stimulant drugs on June 2, it is assumed that 30-year-old actor Ryo Hashizume's career is over. As Mark Schilling wrote in the June 15 Japan Times, Hashizume's latest film, in which he played a supporting role, was pulled ...
A consortium including the state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and the Development Bank of Japan is mulling investing in Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business, sources said.
Japanese companies are increasingly offering activities open to all, regardless of age, gender or disability. In late May, Tokyo-based pharmaceutical firm Biogen Japan Ltd. held an event for people with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. About 60 participants played karuta ...
A government-backed fund is considering investing around ¥300 billion in Sharp Corp. to assist its restructuring, raising the amount to counter an offer by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., sources said Tuesday. The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan had been expected to propose an ...
Sharp Corp. is planning to ask its major creditor banks for ¥150 billion in additional assistance, in line with a rehabilitation plan under a government-backed corporation turnaround fund, sources said. Under the restructuring plan of the Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, the struggling electronics manufacturer ...
A 16-year-old parolee was sent to a social welfare facility in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in late July to volunteer for social service as part of his rehabilitation. "Please clean this corridor," instructed 72-year-old Ritsuko Noda, a probation officer and human rights commissioner representing the ward. ...
In a meeting at the Tokyo District Court, creditors rejected Delta Air Lines Inc., the only other suitor for Skymark, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January.
Barack Obama got a first-hand look at the U.S. criminal justice system Thursday, becoming the first sitting president to set foot inside a federal prison and meet with incarcerated men there. Obama's visit to the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for male ...
An executive of the Development Bank of Japan is expected to be named president of Skymark Airlines Inc. in a restructuring plan the bankrupt carrier was to submit to a court later Friday, sources said. Masahiko Ichie, director and managing executive officer of the state-backed ...
Skymark Airlines Inc.'s biggest creditor plans to reject the failed carrier's plan to have ANA Holdings Inc. take part in its restructuring, according to a source familiar with the matter. Intrepid Aviation has told those engaged in drawing up the plan of its intention to ...
Bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it will suspend flights to and from Yonago Kitaro Airport in Tottori Prefecture from Sept. 1 as one measure of many to restore its financial health. The suspension will remain through Oct. 24, but no decision has been taken ...
ANA Holdings Inc., parent of All Nippon Airways Co., said Monday it has notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc. of its plan to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring. Its support may include a capital tie-up, joint purchase of jet fuel and code-sharing, ANA Holdings ...
