Top executives at electronics giant Toshiba have resigned over an accounting scandal. The president and two of his predecessors stepped down to take responsibility for systematic wrongdoing at the firm.
President Tanaka attended an emergency board meeting on Tuesday with Norio Sasaki and Atsutoshi Nishida. They told board members they were quitting. Sasaki had been serving as vice chairman and Nishida as an adviser to the board.
On Monday, members of a special panel released the findings of an investigation into irregularities at Toshiba. In their report, they blamed executives for inflating profits. They said there was a systematic problem at the firm that went all the way to the top. They also said Toshiba will have to write down operating profits between fiscal 2008 and 2014 by about 1.2 billion dollars. The panel members found irregularities in a wide range of Toshiba's businesses, including infrastructure building, semiconductors and personal computers
◆predecessor 前任者
◆step down 辞任する
◆systematic 組織的な
◆wrongdoing 不正行為
◆panel 委員会
◆findings 調査結果
◆irregularities （通例は複数形で）不正
◆write down 減額する
◆operating profits 営業利益
