Japan Earnings Leaks Drain Investor Confidence: Street Whispers

Although Japanese equities suffer from headwinds like a strong currency, weak present demand for electronics and hardware components, and the lingering impact of a devastating 2011 earthquake - in addition to longer lasting economic issues - its time investors take a close look at whether rampant leaked information is also eroding confidence in the Japan's stock markets.

For more on corporate malfeasance, see details on a bank rate fixing inquiry and the insider trading conviction of Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board director.

-- Written by Antoine Gara in New York