[JAPAN] President of toy company that makes toys for Mizaki Hayao films convicted of tax evasion

March 23, 2008 by Dennis Amith

Mainichi Daily News reported, “Kyoko Okubo, president of Cominica Inc. — a company best-known for making the figurines of characters from the feted anime movies of Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki — has been convicted of tax evasion.”"Okubo, 52, was given a one year sentence, suspended for three years after she was found by the Tokyo District Court to have hidden 198 million yen in income and allowed Cominica to avoid paying 57 million yen in corporate taxes.”