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King of the Zombies.(business debt in Japan)

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| January 21, 2002 | Wehrfritz, George; Takayama, Hideko | COPYRIGHT 2002 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Japanese tycoon Isao Nakauchi took away a harrowing memory from his time as a foot soldier in World War II. Near the end, as U.S. Marines stormed the Philippines in 1945, he recalls cowering in the jungle and struggling mightily to stay awake--fearful his own comrades would kill and eat him if he dozed off. The experience, he later told his biographer, taught him two bitter lessons: "No. 2 is a loser" and "Trust no one." Molded by insecurity and mistrust, this credo would carry Nakauchi to the top, but also set him up for a fall that now mirrors the scary downward spiral of the Japanese economy.

The young soldier returned home and built his father's tiny ...

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