Takashi Tsukamoto

TV | CHANNEL SURF Oct 9, 2015

Benevolent truck drivers; learning to a love a priest; CM of the week: Nisshinbo

by Philip Brasor

"The Driver" (TV Asahi, Sun., 9 p.m.) is actually about two truck drivers. Joichiro (Seiyo Uchino) used to be a banker and still goes to work in a suit and tie. He is the more conscientious and diligent one. His partner, Kohei (Takashi Tsukamoto), ...

Business / Corporate Oct 25, 2013

Mizuho president to lose half-year pay over shady loans

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 ...