November 2011

Japan times: Cut-up cops send sword-wielding slimeball to jail

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • November 27, 2011

Befriended females via the Internet and found creative ways to swindle them

Ex-Olympus president Shimoyama says hiring foreign CEO regrettable, Gendai Business reports

By Michael Blaskoski • November 25, 2011

Shimoyama: ‘It was a mistake to bring a foreigner in to be president’

Future of Olympus management shaky as ex-CEO Woodford calls for board to resign, Nikkei says

By Michael Blaskoski • November 25, 2011

Woodford in Japan meeting with prosecutors, police, and regulators from the Tokyo Stock Exchange who are investigating the matter

Japan to end unemployment benefits for those affected by March 11, earthquake, Jiji says

By Michael Blaskoski • November 24, 2011

Japan’s Labor minister said the government will end special unemployment benefits for the people who lost their jobs as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Jiji Press reported.

Mainichi Daily News: Yakuza crime syndicate linked to Inoue Kogyo’s alleged fake capital increase

By Michael Blaskoski • November 24, 2011

Nearly half of the shares from an alleged fake capital increase by bankrupt construction company Inoue Kogyo may have gone to associates of a yakuza crime syndicate, the Mainichi Daily News reported, citing law enforcement sources.

Moderate earthquake strikes near TEPCO’s damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, AP says

By Michael Blaskoski • November 24, 2011

No damages or casualties were reported after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit near Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Associated Press said.

‘Fuzoku bubble’ of ’80s supplied sizzling sex services

By Kenji Nakano • November 23, 2011

The sex industry rose to the occasion

Yamaguchi-gumi offers to not visit Kobe shrine at New Year

By CJ • November 23, 2011

Japan’s largest gang vows to not pay a group visit

Father wins international custody case and return of daughter abducted to Japan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says

By Michael Blaskoski • November 23, 2011

A Milwaukee County Circuit Court ordered a Japanese woman to return her daughter to the United States in an international custody dispute.

Ex-chairman of Japan’s Daio Paper taken into custody over questionable loans, Kyodo says

By Michael Blaskoski • November 22, 2011

Japanese prosecutors arrested the former chairman of Daio Paper after he admitted to a breach of trust in connection to the transfer of company funds to his personal account, Kyodo news service said.