
In order to create a more diverse workforce, Toyota appointed a foreign vice-president and promoted a woman into its top ranks???both are firsts for the Japanese firm in its nearly 80-year history.
However, the carmaker announced the resignation of its first senior western female executive following her arrest in Japan on June 18. Julie Hamp, the company?s chief communications officer, was detained on suspicion of illegally?importing a prescription drug?from the US.?The case currently centres on Hamp’s misunderstanding of Japan’s rules.?Even with a prescription, it’s illegal to bring many drugs into Japan from the US. A package sent to her, labelled as “necklaces” and containing 57?Oxycodone?pills???a painkiller which requires prescription in both the US and Japan ? had been intervened at Narita airport, suggested Automotive News.? ?Japan will suffer from this,? said Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian Studies at Temple University?s Japan Campus in Tokyo. Hamp?s treatment by the police and local media ?sends a chilling message to other foreign managers who might be considering a posting to Japan?. Read more about the latest arrests:- Dragon’s Den Duncan Bannatyne’s FD arrested on suspicion of fraud
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