71.   National broadcaster NHK reported early Thursday that Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita has told Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that he will resign to take responsibility for the arrest.

72.   Nisho Iwai also announced its president, Masatake Kusamichi, will resign to take responsibility for the losses.

73.   On Thursday, Lee Kyong-shik, governor of the central Bank of Korea, offered to resign to take responsibility for the crisis.

74.   On Tuesday, the intelligence minister resigned to take responsibility for intelligence agents having been arrested for killing five dissident writers and intellectuals last year.

75.   On Tuesday, the intelligence minister resigned to take responsibility for intelligence agents having been arrested for the killing late last year of five dissident writers and intellectuals.

76.   On Tuesday, the intelligence minister resigned to take responsibility for intelligence agents having been arrested for the killing of pro-opposition writers and intellectuals.

77.   Shortly after the government action, Mitsubishi President Katsuhiko Kawasoe announced his intention to resign to take responsibility for the scandal.

78.   Suh resigned to take responsibility for a two-year dispute between pharmacists and doctors of traditional medicine over the lucrative right to prescribe herbal and other traditional medication.

79.   Sonobe took over as president less than two years ago after his predecessor resigned to take responsibility for the cover-up.

80.   Speculation grew that Oh may have to resign to take responsibility for the cheating, which allegedly began last year and continued into the latest season ending in October.