TOKYO -- Toshiba ranks among corporate Japan's blue bloods, which makes its accounting scandal reverberate at the highest levels of business and politics.
Already a fixture in business and government circles, Taizo Nishimuro has gained greater prominence during the 140-year-old manufacturer's ongoing management crisis. He led the company from 1996 to 2000 and now serves as president of government-owned Japan Post Holdings while holding an advisory position at his former employer.
