It’s a Hard Life (part 2)
An overseas encounter leads to a passionate connectionBy the usual standards of business in Japan, it had been a successful day; reading between the lines of the immaculate and codified politeness between our side and theirs, it seemed that we would get the sale I had travelled from the UK to close. All that remained was a team dinner - and then, in the morning, back to Haneda airport for the flight home. At the meal we were to be joined by Sakura, a manager from one of the...