91.   Shareholder meetings held across country.

92.   Sokaiya are gangsters who buy shares in a company, then threaten to disrupt shareholders meetings by making embarrassing disclosures about board members or their business dealings.

93.   Sokaiya extort money from companies by threatening to disrupt shareholders meetings.

94.   Sokaiya specialize in extorting money from companies by threatening to disrupt annual shareholder meetings, often with embarrassing disclosures.

95.   Sokaiya are gangsters who threaten to disrupt shareholders meetings by disclosing embarrassing information about board members or their business decisions.

96.   Sokaiya extort money from corporations by threatening to disclose company scandals and disrupt shareholder meetings unless they are paid off.

97.   Sokaiya get money from companies by threatening to disrupt annual shareholders meetings by asking embarrassing questions about scandals or earnings.

98.   So management already knows the agenda will get passed without a fuss at shareholder meetings.

99.   Sokaiya, who often have links with gangsters, buy token shares in companies and receive cash in exchange for keeping quiet at shareholder meetings.

100.   The appointments of the four auditors at Nomura and one at Dai-Ichi Kangyo are up for vote at their shareholder meetings Friday.