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Nomura CEO takes pay cut after ex-employee charged with attempted murder

Several executives at the Japanese bank, including CEO Kentaro Okuda, will take a voluntary 30% pay cut over the next three months

Kentaro Okuda and other senior managers will take pay cuts as the Japanese investment bank unveiled a series of remedial steps following allegations of robbery and attempted murder by a former employee. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Kentaro Okuda and other senior managers will take pay cuts as the Japanese investment bank unveiled a series of remedial steps following allegations of robbery and attempted murder by a former employee. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nomura has issued an apology and said several of its senior executives will take voluntary pay cuts after one of the Japanese bank’s former employees was charged with attempted murder.

The incident concerns an ex-employee of Nomura Securities, who joined as a graduate in April 2018 and who from 2022 worked with individuals and corporate clients at its Hiroshima branch office.

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