The government plans to require large companies to appoint an outsider as director after a string of scandals raised doubts about management transparency in Japan.
Japan to require big firms to assign outside directors
At a news conference on Nov. 8, Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama admits that the company had concealed huge losses. (Jun Kaneko)
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