Nobuyuki Koga
Japanese businessman (born 1934)
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Nobuyuki Koga (古賀 信行, Koga Nobuyuki; born August 22, 1950) is a Japanese businessman and lobbyist, as well as the chairman of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
Nobuyuki Koga | |
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古賀 信行 | |
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| Born | August 22, 1950 |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University |
| Occupations | CEO at Nomura Holdings, the Chairman of NHK, |
| Years active | 1974 - incumbent |
Early life and education
Koga was born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture.[citation needed]
He graduated from Japanese La Salle Academy in Kagoshima and then Tokyo University.[citation needed]
Career
Nomura Securities
Koga joined Nomura Securities, working as the lobbyist to the Ministry of Finance.[citation needed][when?]
In 1998, the Vice President[who?] of Nomura Securities was arrested for bribing the Minister of Finance[1] but the case was dropped by the Public Prosecutors Office in Japan. At that time, there were only around 500 inspectors at the MOF.[2]
In 2003, he was appointed as the president of the Nomura Holdings.[citation needed] From 2008 to 2024, he served as the Chairman of the Nomura Securities, and Nomura Holdings, as well as the Special Advisor and the Honorary Advisor of the Nomura Holdings.[citation needed]
In 2012, Nomura Securities was fined 300 million yen for leaking public offering information and insider trading. [3]
In 2019, Koga lobbied Sanae Takaichi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications at that time as the representative of the Keidanren.[4][why?]
Chair of NKH
In 2024, Koga was appointed to the Executive Board of NHK by the National Diet, and elected chairman.[5]