10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOKAIYA»
Discover the use of
sokaiya in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sokaiya and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sokaiya: Extortion, Protection, and the Japanese Corporation
This book explores the curious but not unusual relationship that develops between executives and sokaiya, who also offer their services to protect the corporation from other sokaiya, thereby becoming a necessary evil in the world of ...
2
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
Occasionally, larger firms have played one sokaiya group against another,
planting enough of “their” sokaiya in the audience to ensure a smooth meeting.
Dissident stockholders who dare protest company policy usually find themselves
...
David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro, 2012
3
International Corporate Governance: A Comparative Approach
20,000 reported cases of corporate shakedowns by sokaiya. In 1997 Japan's
National Police Agency estimated there were more than 1,200 major companies
approached by the sokaiya seeking 'donations', 'subscriptions to non-existent ...
4
Japan on the Upswing: Why the Bubble Burst and Japan's ...
In other words, during a period of 11 years and a half up to September 1996, the
total sum of ¥46 billion ($418.2 million) found its way to a single Sokaiya. Are
Sokaiya Still Active Today? Once in a while, companies and their Sokaiya are ...
5
The Thorn in the Chrysanthemum: Suicide and Economic Success ...
The practice of sokaiya is exemplified by the following report on the Mitsubishi
shareholders' meeting immediately after the revelation of the IBM espionage
scandal:25 Mitsubishi president Nihachiro Katayama opened the meeting and ...
6
Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change ...
With penetrating analysis of key issues that have loomed large in Japan since the end of the Cold War, including the erosion of job security, as well as its immigration policies, aging society, and alliance with the US, this volume remains ...
7
Information, Incentives and Bargaining in the Japanese ...
One Japanese practice frequently referred to in this connection is the activity of
the so-called sokaiya (professional general meeting attendants). The sokaiya
hold a very small share of the company and are actively engaged in monitoring
the ...
8
Japanese Law: An Economic Approach
Paying sokaiya to silence shareholders has long been a crime in Japan. Take
Toyo denki seize, K.K. Toyo now specializes in industrial-grade electrical
equipment, but in the early 1960s, it had hoped to enter the consumer television
market.
J. Mark Ramseyer, Minoru Nakazato, 1999
9
Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan ...
corporate scandals: sokaiya, financial and accounting, consumer goods, and
insider trading. Sokaiya For years it was an open secret that Japanese
executives paid fees to blackmailing sokaiya, thugs hired to keep shareholders'
meetings ...
10
The Japanese Police System Today: A Comparative Study
Extortion, Protection, and the Japanese Corporation By Kenneth Szymkowiak
Sokaiya are extortionists who target Japanese corporations for payoffs. They
threaten to reveal corporate secrets and scandals, usually at shareholder
meetings.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOKAIYA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sokaiya is used in the context of the following news items.
Fra mafiatrusler til frykt for småaksjonærer
I 1994 ble direktør Suzuki Juntaro i Fuji Photo Film drept med sverd av en utpresser («sokaiya») som truet med å stille kritiske spørsmål under generalforsamling ... «Dagens Næringsliv, Jun 15»
Pakistan is not lone target of extortion, gangster crimes
According to Dr. Szymkowiak, an Assistant Professor in Chaminade University's Department of Criminal Justice in Honolulu, Sokaiya gangsters employ various ... «The News International, Feb 15»
The Tokyo Store That Inspired the Japanese Street Style of …
The attic fan and I don't think I'm Sokaiya who gain Sanger remote vehicle was in his back from my faith they moonlight thing keep him. So I think about one thing ... «ABC News, Dec 14»
Morikazu Tanaka, prosecutor-turned-lawyer to the underworld, dies …
As a lawyer, his clients included leading members of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate, among other underworld figures, and “sokaiya” corporate ... «The Japan Times, Nov 14»
Western media distorts Japan
So Japan's securities companies would make sure those shares went to their friends — gangsters, sokaiya (corporate extortionists) and sleazy politicians ... «The Japan Times, Oct 14»
Sting Talks New Gig as Broadway Composer, Lyricist
... you also a little nervous about it but now since it's already opened -- Sokaiya for over a bit better and I think it's it's terra and excitement and in equal measure. «ABC News, Jun 14»
10 Fakta Unik tentang Yakuza
Sokaiya merupakan nama dari satu bentuk suap dalam skala besar yang selama ini dijalankan oleh Yakuza. Modusnya, Yakuza akan membeli saham satu ... «Tempo.co, Jun 14»
Juni Saatnya Yakuza Ganggu RUPS Perusahaan Jepang
Biasanya mafia Jepang atau Yakuza dan Sokaiya, juga bagian dari Yakuza yang khusus memiliki spesialisasi finansial dan ekonomi itu, umumnya hadir di ... «Tribunnews, Jun 14»
EDITORIAL: Stronger steps needed to sever ties between …
... and crime syndicates following a series of revelations in 1997 that major banks and brokerages had offered massive profits to "sokaiya" corporate racketeers. «Asahi Shimbun, Mar 14»
Mizuho Bank: le pouvoir de dire oui… aux yakuzas!
... en 1997 déjà, une des entités du groupe, la Daiichi Kangyo Bank, avait accordé des prêts illégaux à la "sokaiya", un gang notoire de racketeurs mafieux. «lalibre.be, Nov 13»
