Okay here's how I think of it. They fired Yokoi-san because his Virtual Boy didn't sell since Nintendo marketted it badly. Then they hired someone to cause a malfunction in his car and side swipe him as he was checking it out, which was the cause of his death.
They should have had him commit Sepuku. First, you go in on your left side, to the right, into the middle, and up. If you make noises of pain, the observing samurai will slice your head off. Yeah, they did that when they lost. | 
