Word: yasumoto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...witness the phenomenon of seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, in the 17th to 19th centuries, and the kamikaze pilots of World War II. Assuming the blame and resigning is also a deeply rooted practice, even when the person in charge may not have made the mistake. In 1985, for example, Yasumoto Takagi stepped down as president of Japan Air Lines after one of his company's jets crashed into a mountainside, killing 520 people...
Apart from accusations that he cracked up at the controls, Katagiri may face criminal indictment for abandoning his passengers and plane so quickly. "It's unbelievable that he was among the first to take the rescue boat," said JAL President Yasumoto Takagi. Pictures later showed the captain, with a bland expression and wearing a cardigan, aboard a bus after he had reportedly told officials he was an office worker. He could receive a five-year jail term if convicted under Article 75 of Japan's civil aviation law, which requires a pilot to do his best to minimize...
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