SUTTSU, Hokkaido Backers of keeping their town on a list of candidates for a nuclear waste depository won a majority in a municipal assembly election here, but those opposed to the project together marshaled 49 percent of the votes.
Lawmakers reacted in bafflement when the news spread like wildfire on Feb. 10 through political and financial circles that economist Kazuo Ueda would be named the next Bank of Japan governor.
Reviving Japan’s semiconductor industry to the pre-eminent position it once held will require an investment of 10 trillion yen ($87 billion) over 10 years, according to an expert.
The economy, trade and industry ministry’s building (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Toshiba Corp. announced on June 13 the resignations of several top officials over scandalous allegations that the company colluded with the industry ministry to undermine foreign shareholders.
“We will put together prevention measures, pass them on to future management and continue to maintain the transparency of management even further,” the company said in a statement.
An explosive report released on June 10 containing details of an external investigation into the company accuses Toshiba of acting with the ministry to unjustifiably pressure some foreign shareholders over a personnel proposal submitted at a shareholders meeting in summer 2020.