Daiei Inc. might ask its founding family to bear some responsibility for the company's financial troubles by providing some of its personal assets to help with the retailer's rehabilitation, company sources said Thursday.
Daiei, which was forced to turn to the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan for help last month, has decided that by asking for personal assets from founder Isao Nakauchi and his family, it can garner public support for its taxpayer-funded revival plan, the sources said.
It intends to tell its main creditor banks about the idea and ask for their cooperation, they said.