The former president of Kappa Create, which operates the conveyor belt sushi chain ``Kappa Sushi'', has been accused of illegally taking out trade secret data from a rival chain he worked for before. He, the former president, admitted what was indicted.
Kimi Tanabe, 46, who was the president of Kappa Create, which operates Kappa Sushi, said that from September to December the year before and after he changed jobs from the parent company of rival chain Hamazushi to Kappa Create. Over the years, he has been accused of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, such as copying data related to the purchase of Hamazushi, illegally taking it out, and comparing it with his own data.
At the first trial held at the Tokyo District Court, former president Tanabe admitted to the indictment.
In the opening statement, the prosecution said, ``The data brought out includes information that could be called an asset of the company that reflects the strategy regarding the purchase of Hamazushi at the time, and the former president planned to use it after changing jobs. I said.
Then, in order to eliminate the cost difference between the main sushi toppings and "Hamazushi", the data taken out was presented to Hideaki Otomo (43), who was also indicted at the time of Kappa Create's product department product manager. claimed to have instructed it to analyze using
In this case, Kappa Create as a corporation was also indicted, and a former subordinate of former president Tanabe before changing jobs was also fined 500,000 yen and received a summary order.