Tokuji Wakasa
Encyclopedia
was a Japan
ese businessman, the former head of All Nippon Airways
. He became President of the company in 1970, just one year after becoming vice-president. In 1976, he was imprisoned as a result of a bribery scandal
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After serving time, he regained some honorary status with the company, but withdrew over a dispute with the new president, Seiji Fukatsu.
Wakasa died of pneumonia
in 2005.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese businessman, the former head of All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
. He became President of the company in 1970, just one year after becoming vice-president. In 1976, he was imprisoned as a result of a bribery scandal
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft....
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After serving time, he regained some honorary status with the company, but withdrew over a dispute with the new president, Seiji Fukatsu.
Wakasa died of pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
in 2005.