1.   But it is a victory for the environment secretary Jose Lutzenberger, who had threatened to resign over the issue.

2.   He resigned over drastic cuts in the education budget.

3.   Kelly resigned over a flap about videotaping interviews with job seekers.

4.   The President had to resign over an illegal phone-tapping operation.

5.   A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.

6.   Another casualty was Gordon Ashworth, a senior aide to Peterson, who resigned over money paid to redecorate his house.

7.   Former premiers Takeshita and Yasuhiro Nakasone, both of whom had resigned over the Recruit issue, became senior advisers to the party.

8.   Four senior officials in the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries were dismissed or resigned over their role in granting him entry.