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10.07.25 - 10:30
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Fuji Media Adopts Policies to Counter Large-Scale Share Purchases (Nippon)
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Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has adopted policies to respond to unsolicited large-scale purchases of its shares. The policies, effectively for defense against takeover attempts, were decided at a meeting of the board of directors, following an increase in Fuji Media shares held by Aya Nomura, the first daughter of activist investor Yoshi......
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26.06.25 - 12:18
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Fuji Media New Pres. Shimizu Backed by 82 Pct of Shareholders (Nippon)
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Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Thursday that its President Kenji Shimizu was approved as a board director with support from 82.35 pct of its shareholders at a general shareholders meeting held on Wednesday. Shimizu will be tasked with reforming the Japanese media group, whose governance issues were exposed by a sexual assault scandal involving former television sta......
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25.06.25 - 09:36
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Fuji Media Shareholders OK Management′s Board Nominees (Nippon)
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Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. shareholders approved all 11 director candidates proposed by its management at a general shareholders meeting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, all 12 board candidates put forward by Dalton Investments, a U.S. activist investor holding a 7.5 pct stake in Fuji Media, were rejected. The Japanese media group is poised to push ahead with reforms un......
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25.06.25 - 05:36
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Fuji Media Chief Apologizes for Scandal at Shareholders Meeting (Nippon)
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Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. President Osamu Kanemitsu apologized for the group's much-criticized handling of a sexual assault scandal involving former television star Masahiro Nakai, at the start of a general meeting of its shareholders on Wednesday. Executive Vice President Kenji Shimizu, who is also president of the group's embattled Fuji Television Network Inc. u......
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13.06.25 - 08:36
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U.S. Proxy Firm Backs SBI′s Kitao as Fuji Media Director (Nippon)
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Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--U.S. proxy adviser Glass, Lewis & Co. recommended Friday that Fuji Media Holdings Inc. shareholders vote for five of the board candidates proposed by shareholder Dalton Investments, including SBI Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao. Glass Lewis said that the five can provide expertise and enhance diversity of views in the board of Fuji Media, whi......
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12.06.25 - 09:12
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Fuji TV Pres. Confident of Parent′s Board Candidates (Nippon)
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Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Television Network Inc. President Kenji Shimizu has expressed confidence that parent Fuji Media Holdings Inc.'s slate of candidates for its board of directors will lead group governance reform. "We have created a proposal for a new management team that has no influence at all from (former group boss Hisashi) Hieda," Shimizu said in an interview Wednesday. "I......
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28.05.25 - 13:36
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Fuji Media Denies Dalton′s Claim of No Discussions (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. issued a statement Wednesday denying the claim of Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in the Japanese media group, that it has refused to hold discussions on the U.S. investment firm's proposal regarding board members. Fuji Media said it has engaged in sincere dialogue with Dalton a total of 64 times, including by email, phone and in-p......
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17.05.25 - 09:01
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Dalton Slams Fuji Media for Opposing Board Nominees (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Dalton Investments, a major shareholder of Fuji Media Holdings Inc., on Saturday criticized the Japanese media group for opposing its nominees to Fuji Media's board. Fuji Media "has opposed all our nominees without any form of dialogue," the U.S. firm said in a statement. "It does not appear that our candidates were even given serious consideration." The statem......
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16.05.25 - 16:36
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Japan′s Fuji Media Adds 4 Director Candidates (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Friday that it has decided to add four individuals to its list of director candidates, including Takashi Sawada, former president of convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. The parent of scandal-tainted Fuji Television Network Inc. also announced its opposition to a list of 12 outside director candidates proposed by U.S. fund D......
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16.05.25 - 14:48
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Japan′s Fuji Media Posts Its 1st Net Loss in FY 2024 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Friday reported a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen for fiscal 2024, its first red ink since becoming a holding company in 2008. Fuji Media, which had logged 37 billion yen in profit a year earlier, saw many sponsors leave scandal-embattled core unit Fuji Television Network Inc. over its handling of a sex scandal involvi......
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13.05.25 - 05:48
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Nakai′s Lawyer Refutes 3rd-Party Report Finding Sexual Violence (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--A lawyer for former popular television personality Masahiro Nakai has refuted a third-party committee's report that found Nakai committed sexual violence against a former Fuji TV announcer. "There is an extremely big problem" with the report by the panel set up by Fuji Television Network Inc. and its parent, Fuji Media Holdings Inc., the lawyer said in a statemen......
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