Iwata want us to understand his bile duct cancer (he will be fine)

[Mr Khan]

Fusioncode said:

Mr Khan said:
It could be a good excuse for them to swap out presidents without losing face (since they could just say he decided he wasn't in the health needed to handle such affairs).

Still, it won't be the same without him. Good luck, Iwata-san.

If anything he just secured his position for another year. The shareholders aren't going to fire a guy who just got diagnosed with cancer. Would be a total dick move. 

I'm saying the shareholders wouldn't, but the board would (with Iwata's own consent, of course), as a way to avoid the question even having to come up. It's a way to leave without any mess.