So far, numerous lawyers have been involved in the investigation into the mis-statement of the accounting results at the giant consumer electronics business. These have included a former superintending prosecutor at the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office (Koichi Ueda) as well as lawyers from the Marunouchi Sogo Law Office, the Asahi Law Office, the Kaneko & Iwamatsu Law Office, the Harada Kokusai Legal Professional Corporation and the Shinbashi Toranomon Law Office.

Former Supreme Court Justice

In the latest step in the story, a lawyer and an accountant are being appointed to sit alongside four external Toshiba directors. Two observers, including former Supreme Court Justice Yuki Furuta, are also being appointed. Source: Toshiba and Bloomberg