After the collapse of the bubble, in 1997, a foreign capital fund suddenly appeared in Japan still struggling in the middle of the “lost decade”. Masahiko Washizu, the president of the fund, is fiercely criticized, but promotes and wins takeovers on major banks and elite corporations suffering from bad loans. As the “Specialist of takeovers,” he probes deeper into a company than anyone else and challenges it. Called “the most eager corporate buyer”, Washizu scares Japanese companies, but carries out revolutions within corrupt corporations and Japanese business community by taking drastic and piquant measures that no one has dared to take.

Original: Jin Mayama