Scandal-hit Fuji Media draws interest from firm with ties to activist Murakami

Scandal-hit Fuji Media draws interest from firm with ties to activist Murakami Scandal-hit Fuji Media draws interest from firm with ties to activist Murakami

TOKYO — An investment company associated with activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami now owns more than 5% of Fuji Media Holdings, a Japanese broadcaster mired in a corporate governance disaster stemming from sexual assault allegations against a former television host.

Reno, a Tokyo-based company linked to the now-defunct Murakami Fund, filed a report with financial authorities Thursday. Reno, however, holds just 100 shares of Fuji Media, with the rest of its stake — a little more than 12.15 million shares — owned by Aya Nomura, a daughter of Murakami.