When hunting for a company to buy out, Kenji Ueda doesn't wait to be introduced. The Ripplewood Holdings LLC executive director makes his phone calls cold.
Shoppers stroll by a Nagasakiya outlet in a shopping center in Tokyo.At the other end of the line is an executive who could lose his job if his company agrees to the proposals Ueda pitches. But his reception is usually surprisingly cordial.
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