OlympusGate: Japanese Prime Minister wants answers [updated]

NOVEMBER 1st, 2011
+ Olympus CEO apologizes - via AmPho UK - is it too late to stop an #OccupyOlympus movement from forming?
+ former fired CEO does damage control - via AmPho UK

OCTOBER 31, 2011
We have yet another twist in the "Olympus Gate" saga, the Japanese Prime Minister, interviewed by the Financial Times [free registration may be needed to read article] wants Olympus to come clean and explain itself as the scandal continues to unfold. The fear expressed by the PM is that this will mar, and scar and jar the image of Japanese companies around the world (via/more AmPho UK).

UPDATE (5:10pm NYC time): The Wall Street Journal [may face paywall] looks into the mysterious companies that triggered Olympus Gate (via @ImagingInsider)