Word: masatoshi
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...pressure from anti-reform conservatives, his approval rating plunged 20% from last year's high of 80%. As confidence in his leadership sagged, the Nikkei stock average hit an 18-year low. "If he wouldn't support her, it's unlikely he'll make any other bold moves," concludes Masatoshi Sato, a senior strategist at Mitzuho Investors Securities in Tokyo...
...market plunged after Tanaka's firing, not so much because investors care about her, but because they doubted Koizumi's resolve. "They were both seen as destroyers of vested interests, but now if he won't support her, it's unlikely he'll make any other bold moves," says Masatoshi Sato, a senior strategist at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo...
...Watching Masatoshi Ono, CEO of Bridgestone/Firestone, sweat under the nasty glare of Congress during last week's tire-recall hearings, you almost had to feel sorry for the reserved Japanese executive. Ono, a lifelong company man and engineering whiz who joined Bridgestone straight out of university more than 40 years ago, has spent the better part of the past decade propping up the sagging fortunes of Firestone, the U.S. company Bridgestone paid $2.6 billion for in 1988. Now here he was, the prime suspect in the the biggest consumer scare since the Tylenol-tampering case, linked to at least...
Nasser, who was initially wary of getting caught up in an election-year circus, has decided to attend congressional hearings set for this week. He has promised to release all company documents showing what Ford knew and when it knew it; his counterpart at Bridgestone/Firestone, CEO Masatoshi Ono, will also be there. Both are sure to incur the wrath of politicians fed up with what they view as stonewalling. "This whole thing stinks," said Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who is chairman of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection. "You can't tell me someone at Firestone...
...MASATOSHI ONO Bridgestone/Firestone CEO faces serious legal, labor troubles. At least Nader is preoccupied...