Don't fill C-suite with Japan Tobacco alumni, Hong Kong fund says

Activist fund seeks higher returns from Torii Pharmaceutical

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Japan Tobacco owns a 55% stake in Torii Pharmaceutical.

KOHEI YAMADA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A Hong Kong-based activist hedge fund is pushing Japanese drugmaker Torii Pharmaceutical to ban accepting executives from parent Japan Tobacco, Nikkei learned Friday.

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