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Insider trading. The US Supreme Court refused to take an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision. The 'denial of cert' leaves standing the conviction of Mathew Martomo on charges of insider trading. on information leaked to him from representatives of two major pharmaceutical companies.
2019-06-3

Japanese citizens vote in a general election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner win 325 seats out of 475 and thus a new term.
2014-12-14

"The Wall Street Journal" reports that the FBI and SEC have launched an insider trading investigation involving billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Las Vegas gambler and investor Billy Walters, and golf superstar Phil Mickelson. No wrongdoing has yet been alleged.
2014-05-30

One of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender from World War II, Hiroo Onoda, who surrendered in the Philippines in 1974, dies at the age of 91.
2014-01-17

Rolf Wolff, president of the Stockholm School of Economics, is fired amidst a scandal where he promoted a convicted insider trader for a top position at the university and allegedly he lied about his academic credentials.
2013-05-16

The Stockholm School of Economics, one of Sweden's most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that top official Justin Jenk forged CMC documents about his conviction of insider trading in Greece. [http:--www.di.se-artiklar-2013-5-3-toppchefen-pa-handels-domd-till-fangelse- ("Dagens Industri")] (Swedish)
2013-05-3

Japanese whaling vessels clash with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Neptune's Navy boats in the Southern Ocean with the MY "Steve Irwin" and MY "Bob Barker" sustaining damage.
2013-02-20

Bob Brown, former leader of the Australian Greens, becomes the President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leading the campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
2013-01-8

A small humanoid robot that can talk will be sent into space to provide conversational company for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata on a six-month mission to the ISS during Soyuz TMA-11M in 2013. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20121130-robot-buddy-keep-japan-astronaut-company (AFP via France24)]date=August 2019
2012-11-30

Don Chu, an executive of a hedge fund networking fund Primary Global Research, is arrested on insider trading charges in the United States.
2010-11-24