THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 9, 2019 at 18:50 JST
Makoto Yagi, left, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., and Shigeki Iwane, center, the company’s president, bow in apology at a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 9. (Tatsuo Kanai)
OSAKA--The chairman, executive vice president and three executive directors of Kansai Electric Power Co. resigned on Oct. 9 amid mounting criticism over the lucrative gifts that they and other bigwigs received from a former town official. [Read More]
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