Kenji Utsunomiya, former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, said Saturday that he intends to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election Feb. 9, making him the first candidate to emerge since Gov. Naoki Inose resigned earlier this month. Utsunomiya, 67, was runner-up to ...
Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato will be docked six months of salary over the bank's lending to people related to organized crime groups, company officials said Friday. Mizuho Bank Chairman Takashi Tsukamoto, Sato's predecessor, will step down and Satoru Nishibori, who was president when Mizuho ...
Mizuho reported to FSA about shady loans without sufficient probe
A former Mizuho Bank vice president in charge of compliance matters said Thursday the bank submitted to Japan's financial watchdog a false report on its lending to people related to underworld groups without interviewing him. Tetsuro Ueno, who was in charge of legal compliance at ...
