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Tepco Management Under Fire At Stormy Shareholders Meeting

In a marathon six-hour session, more than 9,000 shareholders of embattled Tokyo Electric Power grilled management over alleged failures in handling the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northern Japan, but refused to back a proposal demanding an e ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 06/28/2011 - 20:01 - 0 comments

In re Iida, 377 B.R. 243 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2007)

Wed, 09/26/2007 (All day) Japanese bankruptcy proceeding. ...

Chapter 15 Case Law - abi_admin - 07/01/2011 - 15:54 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

After Nuclear Crisis, Japan’s Biggest Utility Faces Insolvency Risk

Far away from the battle to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, investors are increasingly edgy about a related issue: the fate of Tokyo Electric Power, the stricken plant’s operator, the International Herald Tribun ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 06/09/2011 - 22:40 - 0 comments

Tepco's Accidental Bankruptcy?

This weekend marks three months since an earthquake and tsunami swept a large swathe of Japan. The disaster only gets worse for the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, owner of the ill-fated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. This week, investors tripp ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 06/08/2011 - 23:05 - 0 comments

Moody's Puts Japan Debt on Review

Moody's Investors Service warned Tuesday that it is placing Japan's sovereign debt ratings under review for a possible downgrade, as measures to reduce a yawning budget deficit are increasingly hamstrung by political infighting and an oppositio ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 05/31/2011 - 17:09 - 0 comments

SPECIAL REPORT-Inside Tepco's Bailout: Japan Inc Saves Its Own

Masataka Shimizu, the president of Tokyo Electric Power, 66, announced his resignation near the darkened command center on the second floor of Tokyo Electric's headquarters where he had disappeared in the second week of the crisis after the March 11 ...

Resource Article - global.abi.org - 05/30/2011 - 21:55 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Tokyo Star Bank Chief Likely To Be Asked To Step Down

The foreign chief executive of embattled Tokyo Star Bank is likely to be asked to step down, people familiar with the discussions said on Monday, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported. Robert M. Berardy, a rare foreign CEO at the helm of Japanese ba ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 05/23/2011 - 21:59 - 0 comments

Moody's Says Political Wrangling Weighing On Tepco Ratings

Slow decision-making by the government is weighing on the credit ratings of Tokyo Electric Power Co., analysts at Moody's Investors Service said Thursday, adding that any forced debt waiver by the embattled utility's creditors could result in i ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 05/20/2011 - 07:34 - 0 comments

Japan’s Economy Shrinks More Than Forecast

Japan’s economy shrank more than estimated in the first quarter after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disrupted production and prompted consumers to cut back spending, sending the nation to its third recession in a decade. Gross domestic product cont ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 05/19/2011 - 08:58 - 0 comments

Forgiving Tepco Debt Is Panned

The president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. hit out at remarks by the government's top spokesman calling for lenders to forgive some of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s debt, saying the government has no place directly intervening in private ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 05/17/2011 - 07:21 - 0 comments

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