Mari Yamaguchi

November 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said "the Department of Commerce's commitment to Japan is unwavering, as is our desire to strengthen our economic partnerships with like-minded countries."

By Mari Yamaguchi

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October 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TOKYO AP - Japanese police said Friday that they are keeping an American man in custody for 10 more days before authorities decide whether to press charges against him for snatching his children from his ex-wife.Christopher Savoie, of Franklin, Tenn., was arrested Sept. 28 after allegedly grabbing his two children, ages 8 and 6, from his Japanese ex-wife as they walked to school.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

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March 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

TOKYO AP - Lehman Brothers is accusing a Japanese trading company of perpetrating a massive fraud and plans to sue it for hundreds of millions of dollars euros, officials at the U.S. investment bank said Sunday.Lehman is seeking to recoup US$350 million �???221.58 million in outstanding loans, which it provided to a unit of LTT Bio-Pharma, according to company officials who spoke condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the case.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

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February 15, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry.

By Mari Yamaguchi

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October 27, 2008 | Legaltech News

A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said. But no revenge was plotted in the real world, according to a police official.

By Mari Yamaguchi

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January 12, 2005 | Law.com

A Japanese inventor and his former employer reached a settlement Tuesday in a high-profile dispute over a lighting technology patent that had earned the company millions of dollars a year but the inventor only a token bonus. The case of Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has symbolized the struggle between individual workers and companies over intellectual property in a nation where selfless corporate devotion has long been the rule.

By Mari Yamaguchi

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