1.   It is common in Japan for top officials of institutions to quit when subordinates have been accused of wrongdoing.

2.   Japanese bureaucrats long have accof institutions to quit when subordinates have been accused of wrongdoing.

3.   Matsushita was not implicated, but it is common in Japan for leaders of institutions to resign when subordinates have been accused of wrongdoing.

4.   Matsushita was not directly implicated, but it is common in Japan for leaders of institutions to resign when subordinates have been accused of wrongdoing.