Several executives quit and others asked to be reassigned.
Top executives have quit at five of the 25 largest drug companies this year, citing a variety of reasons.
Three top executives of Kemper's money management unit quit.
Five top executives, including the president, quit over an 18-month period in 1994 and 1995, all complaining about his management style.
In less than two years, several senior executives have either quit or been forced out.
Many analysts describe this as a form of pressure to get executives to quit, rather than lay them off, which is considered shameful in Japan.
An executive editor at Doubleday and two other senior executives at the book clubs also quit.
Two other top executives quit the company last year.
At least 60 executives and directors have quit or been fired because of the practice.
The chairman and chief executive of McCrory may soon quit, executives close to the company said.
