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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2019
Japan regulator to recommend fining Nissan ¥2.4 billion over Carlos Ghosn scandal
The watchdog accused Nissan of violating the law by underreporting Ghosn's pay package by around u00a59.1 billion in the eight years through March 2018 in securities reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2019
Japan securities regulator seeking to fine Nissan more than ¥2 billion, says source
Japan's securities regulator will seek a fine on Nissan Motor Co. of more than ¥2 billion ($19 million) for allegedly underreporting the pay of the company's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, according to a person familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2017
Probe Toshiba's latest results for misstatements, SESC staffers urge
Members of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission are calling for an investigation to be opened into Toshiba Corp.'s fiscal 2016 results, claiming they contain significant misstatements, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2016
SESC grills three ex-Toshiba chiefs over falsified financial reports with eye to criminal charges
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has queried three former Toshiba Corp. presidents over falsified earnings reports, market sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2016
Securities watchdog to step up scrutiny of insider trading in biotech sector
The securities watchdog will boost monitoring of health-care stocks for possible insider trading after increasing leaks of information that has the power to move markets, according to the top official of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2016
New minister Yamamoto 'won't quit' over insider trading case
The new minister for regional revitalization has said he won't resign over reports that he tried to obstruct an investigation by the securities watchdog.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2016
Ex-Toshiba chief questioned over falsified financial reports
Hisao Tanaka is believed to have denied any wrongdoing. The securities watchdog also plans to question two of the ex-president's predecessors.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 28, 2016
Japan's financial watchdog queries brokerages on high-frequency trading, dark pools
Japan's financial watchdog has started examining high-frequency trading, algorithms and dark pools, asking brokers for information about the practices.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2015
Deutsche Bank Japan brokerage penalized
Deutsche Bank AG's Japanese brokerage unit faces regulatory penalties after the nation's securities watchdog found that its employees improperly shared information about a company's earnings with clients.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2015
SESC leaning toward filing criminal complaint against Toshiba ex-presidents over cooked books
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has begun investigations with an eye to filing a criminal complaint against three former Toshiba Corp. presidents over falsified financial reports, a market source said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 27, 2015
Stock market fallout from Murakami probe seen limited
Japan stock watchers say the fallout from an investigation of Yoshiaki Murakami for market manipulation will be limited.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2013
Securities watchdog seeks SEC's help in probing alleged fraud at MRI
Japan's financial watchdog asks the SEC for help prosecuting a U.S.-based asset manager suspected of swindling investors out of billions of yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2013
U.S. asset manager tied to ¥130 billion loss
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission probes a U.S. investment firm after learning it may have lost more than ¥130 billion of its clients' money.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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