Another Scandal Unsettles Corporate Japan as Paper Maker Accuses Ex-Chairman.

TOKYO -- It is the second wild boardroom drama to shake up corporate Japan in days: the country's leading tissue maker, Daio Paper, said on Friday that it would file a criminal complaint against its former chairman, accusing him of illicitly borrowing $140 million in company money and channeling some of it to a Las Vegas casino company. The controversy provides yet another lens into the seemingly free-wheeling behavior -- and disregard for corporate governance -- still seen among top management at some of Japan's leading companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]