TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators appear to be trying to regain the trust of investors unnerved by a scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, with a formula that would punish the executives responsible harshly but let the once-proud firm stay listed on the stock market.

But the formula requires a tricky balancing act from the regulators as they grapple with one of the nation’s biggest corporate scandals and with calls for more lasting reform.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators appear to be trying to regain the trust of investors unnerved by a scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, with a formula that would punish the executives responsible harshly but let the once-proud firm stay listed on the stock market.

But the formula requires a tricky balancing act from the regulators as they grapple with one of the nation’s biggest corporate scandals and with calls for more lasting reform.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese police have launched an investigation into the financial scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, a newspaper said on Thursday, as a major investor joined increasing calls for a wholesale clean-out of the board.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating the firm’s concealment of investment losses for possible violation of financial laws, the Yomiuri newspaper said, adding that police had asked Olympus for internal accounting documents and would also question Olympus executives and related officials.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Losses on securities investments at the core of a scandal rocking Japan’s Olympus Corp may have once exceeded $1 billion, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday, as the firm’s share price plunged due to doubts about its future.

Olympus admitted on Tuesday it used M&A deals to hide losses dating back two decades, a revelation that appeared to vindicate ex-CEO Michael Woodford, who has publicly pressed the 92-year-old maker of endoscopes and cameras to come clean on a series of mysterious deals.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Aki Tsurumaki says he never felt his life was in danger during the 15 years he has been helping companies escape entanglements with Japan’s “yakuza” crime syndicates.

But the 42-year-old lawyer jokes that he does not take any chances, adding with a smile, “I never stand near the edge of the train platform.”

TOKYO (Reuters) – Aki Tsurumaki says he never felt his life was in danger during the 15 years he has been helping companies escape entanglements with Japan’s “yakuza” crime syndicates.

But the 42-year-old lawyer jokes that he does not take any chances, adding with a smile, “I never stand near the edge of the train platform.”

MIKAWA, Japan, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Like other farmers on this
fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice
fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows
firsthand that the nation’s shrinking agricultural sector is in
dire straits.

But unlike many, the 54-year-old rice farmer backs a
controversial free trade deal that could remove a near 800
percent tariff on rice, aimed at excluding most
imports of a staple that is ingrained in Japan’s culture.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese media interest has been muted, regulators are mostly mum and many politicians seem unaware anything is amiss.

A scandal over questionable deals at Japan’s Olympus Corp (7733.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has so far generated little domestic heat in a country where critics say corporate governance is lax, but signs are emerging that the wall of indifference might crack.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese media interest has been muted, regulators are mostly mum and many politicians seem unaware anything is amiss.

A scandal over questionable deals at Japan’s Olympus Corp has so far generated little domestic heat in a country where critics say corporate governance is lax, but signs are emerging that the wall of indifference might crack.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese media interest has been muted, regulators are mostly mum and many politicians seem unaware that anything is amiss.

A scandal over questionable deals at Japan’s Olympus Corp has so far generated little domestic heat in a country where critics say corporate governance is lax, but signs are emerging that the wall of indifference might crack.