1.   Banks and brokerages also fell in the wake of a burgeoning scandal involving payoffs by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. and Nomura Securities Co. to a corporate racketeer.

2.   A Yamaichi Securities Co. shareholder filed suit against three former executives of Yamaichi and the corporate racketeer they are suspected of paying off.

3.   All four -- Nomura Securities Co., Daiwa Securities Co., Nikko Securities Co. and Yamaichi Securities Co. -- have been tainted by their relationship to a corporate racketeer.

4.   All four brokerages are implicated in a payoff scandal to at least one corporate racketeer.

5.   Brokerages fell in the wake of the scandal at Nomura Securities Co. that involves payoffs to corporate racketeers.

6.   Both actions were taken to punish the bank for its involvement in a scandal involving illegal loans and payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

7.   Bucking the trend is Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd., embroiled in a scandal involving unsecured loans to a corporate racketeer.

8.   Commission revenue plunged as customers abandoned the firm after the disclosure that it had paid off the corporate racketeers known as sokaiya.

9.   Dai-Ichi Kangyo has been accused of providing funds to an alleged corporate racketeer, who then purchased shares in Nomura Securities Co.

10.   DKB is under investigation for loans made to a corporate racketeer.