Shareholders prevail in Lixil showdown, restoring ousted CEO

Overseas investors win Japanese institutions over in fight for board

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Newly returned Lixil Group CEO Kinya Seto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 25. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu)

AKIHIRO OTA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Top Japanese building materials supplier Lixil Group brought back ousted Kinya Seto as CEO after Tuesday's shareholders meeting, marking a victory for international investors in their roughly eight-month battle with management.

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