According to a report in the japanese financial newspaper Nikkei, Konami is blacklisting former employees. Their source is a staffing agency employee that claims Konami is threatening game companies if a potential hire is a former Konami employee.
The report cited other incidents regarding former Konami employees, including Konamiallegedly advising a television company to avoid former Konami employees, a former Konami executive purportedly closing his business due to pressure from the company, and supposedly sending notices by lawyer to former employees who are interviewed by media, indicating that the company might file a case against them.
The report also describes an incident regarding Kojima Productions. It states that the newly founded post-Konami Kojima Productions attempted to join ITS Kenoo, a health insurance society for the japanese games industry, but they were rejected because Konami director Kimihiko Higashio screened them before the application was reviewed.
Two years ago a number of employees left Konami, including Kojima Productions.
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