(Update) Police, Prosecutors Apologize to Ohkawara Kakohki

   Yokohama, June 20 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police and public prosecutors on Friday apologized to the president of Ohkawara Kakohki Co., a former executive and others after a recent court ruling on a damages lawsuit found their investigations into the machinery maker were illegal.
   Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent-general of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, and Hirohide Mori, head of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's public security division, made the apology to President Masaaki Okawara, 76, and others including Junji Shimada, 72, a former executive, in a meeting at the company's head office in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
   "We deeply apologize for the great stress and burdens we have caused," Kamata said. "We will do our best to prevent any recurrence," he added, bowing.
   Mori said, "I apologize from the bottom of my heart."
   In reply, Okawara underlined the need to fully examine the case that hit his company and make sure that similar incidents never happen again.

(2025/06/20-20:00)

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