ABSTRACT

“Hmm, a convenience store chain …” Seizō Ohkura tilted back his bald head, gazing at the ceiling. He had already listened to the briefing about the new project. Advancing age and the problems of his company had darkened the thick fat on his face. Ohkura had been running the A-Electric Company for twenty years, from the late 1950s. He ran it as if he owned it.