The long autumn night season, when you enjoyed reading
calmly, passed quickly, and you suddenly entered Shiwasu. The year-end party and busy days continue to work, but this time, as the fourth installment of "Chuo-ku to enjoy literature", the best-selling paperback bought at Yaesu Book Center on the way home from work "Shingari Yamaichi Securities The last 12 people" (written by Hidetoshi Kiyotake: Kodansha α-bun) and "Kyodai" are introduced in the 3rd edition.
As for this, on Sunday night, "Continuous Drama W Shingari-The Last Holy War of Yamaichi Securities (starring Yosuke Eguchi)" was aired on WOWWOW from September 20, so some people may have seen it in the drama. However, unlike the story of the Edo period, which was introduced three times so far, it was only 18 years ago (1999) and 197 years ago.
"The head office of Yamaichi Securities is located in Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, about 5 km back to the city center from Shiohama Building. This is a 21-story high-end office building with a sparkling blue window glass. At first glance, the straight building without any strangeness suddenly looks like a building from around the 13th floor, like building blocks. From there, I was able to see the Sumida River and eight ultra-high-rise apartments standing on the delta of Tsukuda Island. It is "Okawabata River City 21" where the successful people live. 。 。」 。
The former Yamaichi headquarters building, which appears in Chapter 1 Signs at the beginning of the novel, is now owned by a real estate company called Residency Building Management (RBM), headquartered in Shinkawa, and is home to various companies that have nothing to do with Yamaichi Securities.
As in 18 years ago, the building still stands around the Sumida River and the Eitai Bridge along the Eitai-dori St., and at the time of the bubble economy, it celebrated its 100th anniversary, and as a corner of the four major securities, you can still see buildings that represent the feelings of the elite staff at the head office who reigns in the industry.
The protagonist of this novel, Takamasa Kamoto (Takamasa Kamoto), and 12 other members of Gyokan (commonly known as the Business Management Headquarters), lived a company life that was originally unrelated to the gorgeous head office work, and called "Basue". Shiohama building (Shiohama, Koto-ku. I was working at Kiba Station on the Tozai Subway Line, about 500 meters southeast of Kiba Station), but on the first day of the three consecutive holidays in November 1997, Nikkei morning edition said, "Yamaichi Securities' voluntary abolition of debt of 3 trillion yen after World War II", a scoop article appeared, "Because employees are not bad! It's our fault! Thank you. 。 In the midst of the president's cry, the last job of the company--the uncovering the truth of the "off-book debt", which caused the company to be destroyed, and the liquidation business for customers--will be undertaken.
[In-house investigation report of Yamaichi Securities In-house investigation committee (cover)] （http://kunihiro-law.com/files/open/writing/555d7e5511jn4cpn563ju_pdf.pdf）
In the defeat of a company called Yamaichi Securities' bankruptcy, "When you lose to the war and retire, you are a soldier who stays at the end of the army line and fights as a shield, so many soldiers escape and expect a resurrection" This is the story of the 12 people who took over the role of the "Shinri". At first, he was the protagonist who was not involved in conducting an in-house investigation, but the number of collaborators gradually increased as he struggled with aspirations, and finally, "In-house investigation report--- focusing on so-called off-book debt" Is completed. Like "Kanto-gun Dai Ina Hanzaemon Tadajun", which was introduced in the third installment, it is not necessarily a happy ending, but stories over 419 pages do not separate what you read.
Subsequently, the Tokyo Stock Exchange merged with the Osaka Securities Exchange and established the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) in January 2013. In addition, the Nikkei 225, which recorded a record high (38,916 yen) in December 1989 during the bubble period, continued to fall, and in March 2009 after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the lowest after the bubble economy (7,055 yen) However, recently (December 2015) recovered to around 20,000 yen, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange or the Tokyo Stock Exchange. At the time of Yamaichi Securities' collapse in 1997, Eitai-dori St. along with Yamaichi Securities' headquarters, Sanyo Securities Co., Ltd. (November 3, 1997), Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (November 17, 1997, Tokyo Bank's first bankrupt bankruptcy, and the North Pacific Bank, which was called "The Bank of Tokyo's first bankruptcy."
[Eitai-dori St., which is crowded by car: near Tokyo Securities Hall]
In Kabuto-cho, the events of 1997 were a long time ago, but the last 12 members of Shingari Yamaichi Securities gave me the opportunity to learn about the modern history of Chuo-ku, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange and securities companies are lined up together with the securities industry.
[Old Yamaichi Securities Building (Kayabacho Tower Building)]
Location 1-21-2, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku (* This is a place where general company offices and houses are located, so do not enter the building without permission for tours etc. (Let's see from the outside) ).
Access A 7-minute walk from Kayabacho Station on the Tozai Subway Line. Get off at the Tokyo Bus East 20, 22 Eitai Bridge bus stop. About 1 minute walk from Chuo-ku Community Cycle (CCC) "B06 Across Shinkawa Building" cycle port.
