Hisashi Mori

Scandal-wracked Olympus and three of its former top executives pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday over charges that they deliberately hid losses worth $1.7 billion after a series of bad investments.

Prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged scandal-hit Olympus and three former senior executives over a huge loss cover-up at the company that rocked confidence in corporate Japan.

Prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged scandal-hit Olympus and three former senior executives over a huge loss cover-up at the company that rocked confidence in corporate Japan.

Prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged scandal-hit Olympus and three former senior executives over a huge loss cover-up at the company that rocked confidence in corporate Japan.

Japanese prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged scandal-hit Olympus and three former senior executives over a huge loss cover-up.

LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Woodford, the ousted Olympus chief executive who blew the whistle on one of Japan's most high-profile frauds, vowed he would hold his former employer to account as he kicked off his legal battle for wrongful dismissal in London on Thursday.

Olympus on Monday named a serving executive as its new president after one of the biggest financial scandals in Japanese corporate history.

Scandal-hit Olympus on Monday named current board member and executive officer Hiroyuki Sasa as its new president after one of the biggest financial scandals in Japanese corporate history.

Japan froze operations Friday at an investment firm accused of losing most of the $2.3 billion in pension funds it manages, as a report said it may have hidden losses for years in an Olympus-style scandal.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese prosecutors are considering indicting Olympus Corp <7733.T> as a company for falsifying its financial reports to conceal huge investment losses in a $1.7 billion scandal, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, quoting investigative sources.

The former president of under-fire Olympus has been arrested in Tokyo, prosecutors said Thursday, the latest twist in one of the biggest ever financial scandals to rock corporate Japan.

The former president of under-fire Olympus has been arrested in Tokyo, prosecutors said Thursday, in one of the biggest ever financial scandals to rock corporate Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities are set to summon former Olympus Corp executives for questioning as early as today as part of an investigation into a cover-up of investment losses at the firm, the Yomiuri daily newspaper reported on Thursday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three former executives of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp face possible arrest this week over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the maker of medical equipment and cameras, Japanese media said on Thursday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three former executives of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp face possible arrest this week over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the maker of medical equipment and cameras, Japanese media said on Thursday.

- Tokyo prosecutors plan to investigate former Olympus Corp executives for their alleged role in a cover-up of investment losses, the Nikkei business daily said.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three former executives of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp face possible arrest this week over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the maker of medical equipment and cameras, Japanese media said on Thursday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three former executives of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp were arrested on Thursday over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the maker of medical equipment and cameras, Japanese media reported.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three former executives of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp face possible arrest this week over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the maker of medical equipment and cameras, Japanese media said on Thursday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police and prosecutors have arrested seven men, including the former president of Olympus Corp and ex-bankers over a $1.7 billion accounting fraud -- one of the country's biggest corporate scandals.