TOKYO, Sep 03 (News On Japan) –
Takeshi Niinami, who resigned as chairman of Suntory Holdings following a police investigation into unlawful substances, is predicted to clarify the circumstances at a daily press convention of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives on the afternoon of September 3.
Suntory Holdings introduced at an emergency press convention on September 2 that Niinami had stepped down as chairman.
Niinami had come beneath investigation by police on suspicion of acquiring abroad dietary supplements containing cannabis-derived components.
Company president Nobuhiro Torii stated: “Niinami’s actions, stemming from a lack of understanding about the supplements, show he does not meet the standards required of a representative chairman.”
Niinami, nevertheless, defined that he believed the merchandise have been authorized, and no unlawful medication have been discovered in the course of the search of his dwelling.
Niinami continues to function consultant director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives and intends to attend its common press convention as deliberate this afternoon, the place he’s anticipated to stipulate his ideas on the resignation and the collection of occasions that led to it.
Source: TBS