U.S. Fund Urges Fuji Execs to Resign over Nakai Scandal

U.S. Fund Urges Fuji Execs to Resign over Nakai Scandal

   Tokyo, April 3 (Jiji Press)--U.S. investment firm Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in Fuji Media Holdings Inc., said Thursday that it has demanded the resignation of executives at the Japanese media group over a sex scandal involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai.
   In a letter submitted to Fuji Media on Tuesday, Dalton Investments said that Fuji Media President Osamu Kanemitsu and Executive Vice President Kenji Shimizu, who is also president of Fuji Television Network Inc., as well as three outside directors, bear heavy management responsibility for the scandal.

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