Japan's Iron Giant Dies

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

This Asahi article was down for a while but seems to be up again:

Banking pioneer dies at 99
Nakayama embodied postwar Japan when banks played a key role in guiding the nation's industrial reorganization...But Nakayama--or the creditor-orchestrated industrial realignment that he established--apparently lost his Midas touch when Japan's turbo-charged economy stalled...more...