Japan's `Whistle-Blower' Protection Weak

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Nicholas Smith, a Japan strategist at CLSA Asia Pacific Markets Ltd., talks about the accounting scandal at Olympus Corp. Olympus, the Japanese camera maker that hid $1.7 billion in losses, faulted five internal auditors for the fraud and filed a lawsuit against them, the company said yesterday. Smith speaks from Tokyo with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)