Three Japan Post Group leaders expected to resign over insurance sales scandal
Japan Post Holdings is expected to convene a meeting to discuss the resignations and successor candidates Friday. Former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda may replace Masatsugu Nagato as president.
The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.
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The Japan Post group needs to overhaul the organizational culture that was to blame for the illicit practices.
Japan aims to certify 1,000 archivists under new system aimed at better handling of public records
Japan is aiming to certify about 1,000 archivists by March 2026 in a new system amid efforts to improve the management of official records, government sources said Saturday, following criticism over government handling of public documents in various scandals involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The ...
Vice minister of internal affairs quits over leak of penalties to scandal-hit Japan Post
The move is another example of the cozy relations between ministry officials and the Japan Post group.
After a scandal-dominated extraordinary Diet session closed last Monday, speculation began focusing on when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will use his power to call a snap election to prevent his administration from becoming a lame duck. Abe became Japan's longest-serving prime minister in terms of ...
FSA to punish Japan Post group by year-end over inappropriate sales practices
Japan Post Insurance Co. and Japan Post Co. are soon expected to release reports on in-house probes that the financial watchdog will use to assess the managers involved.
Panel warns over 30 firms that got Japan job-seeker data from scandal-hit Recruit Career
A government commission has issued a warning to more than 30 companies that received from the Recruit Holdings Co. group data predicting the odds of job-hunting students declining informal job offers. The Personal Information Protection Commission gave the warnings Wednesday, concluding that the firms' personal ...
Opposition calls for Diet extension over cherry blossom party scandal
Opposition parties are accusing the government of lying about the existence of backup data for a guest list for a contentious cherry blossom viewing party this year.
New law strengthens independent checks on major firms in Japan
A new law strengthens independent checks on major listed firms by obliging them to have outsiders on their board of directors and make executive compensation more transparent.
'Missed his moment': Opposition corruption scandal undermines Venezuela's Juan Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are facing a new challenge in the form of an influence-peddling scandal that has left disillusioned Venezuelans wondering if Guaido's moment has passed. Guaido on Sunday said the opposition-controlled congress would investigate alleged ...
