Nidec scandal exposes limits of Japan reform, Muddy Waters says
Nidec has been mired in an accounting scandal since last year and faces potential delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Nidec has been mired in an accounting scandal since last year and faces potential delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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TOKYO -- Japan's Finance Ministry proposed reviewing administrative support, including possible termination, for specific health checkups and guidance
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A seven-year prison term was finalized on Thursday for a former truck driver whose use of a smartphone while driving caused a mu
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday morning after Democrats retook control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the midterm election
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker said at its September monetary policy meeting that the central bank had entered a new phase in which the
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TOKYO -- A new place for visitors is opening at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3. It is the Ote Rest House, near Ote-mon Gate on the east side o
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TOKYO -- The mayor of the suburban Tokyo city of Hachioji, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, took a hunting license examination amid a spate
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Wednesday it is considering what financial assistance it can provide to support the International Crimin
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Muji brand operator Ryohin Keikaku Co. said Wednesday that about 1.09 million customer records, including credit card numbers, may ha
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recommended adding Japanese calligraphy,
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The Japanese government has set, by Cabinet order, the requirements for designating a prefecture outside the Tokyo metropolitan area as a "second capi
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NUMAZU, Shizuoka -- A one-day trial run of a restaurant staffed by elderly people with dementia opened in this central Japan city on Nov. 1, with orga
