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Olympus panel 'to blame presidents over scam'

A committee probing a massive cover up of losses at Japan's Olympus is to unveil its report on Tuesday, and is expected to blame two former company presidents for approving the scheme, reports said.

Olympus scandal linked to Japanese mafia: Report

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Financial brokers who helped Olympus cover up years of investment losses, now at the centre of a growing scandal, have indirect links to Japan's yakuza crime syndicates, a press report said on Monday.

Scandals expose sumo’s shady underbelly

July 15: Sumo is more than a sport to Japan. It’s like a religion, a bastion of traditional culture and a matter of national pride. Wrestlers aren’t just athletes, they are icons, role models and, oft

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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