By Suranjana TewariBBC News
Getty ImagesThere was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would have been made by Toshiba.
Once a poster boy for Japan’s dominance in electronics – known as Japan Inc – the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo’s stock exchange.
So why did one of Japan’s most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace?
It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management.
For seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by $1.59bn (£1.25bn).
In 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities.
There were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made.
An investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan’s trade…


