scandal
February 11, 2013
The nation held its collective breath in 1988, and refrained from entertainment of all sorts as Emperor Hirohito fell ill. The Recruit stock-for-favors scandal came to light...
November 23, 2012
SHANGHAI--China sacked on Nov. 23 a district Communist Party official after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites.
September 08, 2012
BEIJING--Left-leaning supporters of ousted Chinese leader Bo Xilai are raising questions about last month's tightly orchestrated trial that convicted his wife of murder, saying ...
September 04, 2012
BEIJING/SHANGHAI--China has suspended an army officer after reports he assaulted a flight attendant spread like wildfire on the Internet, fuelling growing outrage against the...
September 03, 2012
BEIJING--China's once-in-a-decade leadership transition has been hit by reports of fresh scandal, with a senior ally of President Hu Jintao being demoted after sources said the ...
August 14, 2012
BEIJING--The murder of a British businessman by the wife of an ousted Chinese politician was supposed to be an open-and-shut case, by the government's account. The victim...
August 04, 2012
Financial regulators are voicing their skepticism over promises from scandal-hit Nomura Holdings Inc. to turn over a new leaf.
August 03, 2012
BEIJING -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Badminton World Federation must shoulder some responsibility for the match-throwing scandal at the 2012 Games,...
July 28, 2012
BEIJING -- Gu Kailai's day in court will likely be soon and short.
June 30, 2012
BEIJING --An ex-police chief whose shocking visit to a U.S. consulate led to the fall of a prominent Chinese politician has resigned from the national legislature, state media...
June 22, 2012
PHNOM PENH-- The French architect linked to China's biggest political scandal in two decades and detained in Cambodia will not be extradited to any country, a minister said,...
June 08, 2012
Scandal-hit Olympus Corp. announced a five-year plan on June 8 to “make a fresh start” and regain credibility with its stakeholders.
May 28, 2012
The National Police Agency (NPA) was forced to establish a special committee to deal with a surge in crimes committed by police officers, including robberies and molestations.
May 12, 2012
SEOUL-- Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker,...
February 09, 2012
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., the key Japanese corporate player in the aerospace industry, has been found to have inflated its bills for defense and space projects at the Defense...
January 10, 2012
Disgraced Olympus Corp. is suing 19 current and former executives, including its current president, for up to almost $50 million in compensation, as it struggles to recover...
December 30, 2011
SHANGHAI--A Chinese government report released Dec. 28 said that burying a wrecked train car on the accident site is a routine practice.
December 20, 2011
A major U.S. shareholder of Olympus Corp. criticized the company's plan to raise capital through a third-party allotment of new shares, saying the current management is simply...
December 16, 2011
The general manager of Olympus Corp.’s accounting division said the dividends paid by the company in recent years were illegal, because its revised financial statements meant ...
December 16, 2011
With increasingly heightened public concern over nuclear power after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident, a related scandal came to light over a possible attempt...