Monday, May 26, 1997, is a day forever etched in the memory of Naoki Kusano.
That was when Kusano, 27 at the time, filed for his company's bankruptcy at the Tokyo District Court under the corporation reorganization law — and not the bankruptcy law.
It was also Kusano's last day as president of his family business — a ramen restaurant chain with 660 outlets nationwide.
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