After our study tour farewell dinner, Mamiko said she had some questions for me. She asked if I would have lunch with her the following day. It is highly unusual for a Japanese lady to ask a man to a business event, but I awkwardly agreed to meet her. I knew that when Mamiko was not translating, she was a prominent broadcast journalist for NHK, the major television network in Japan. I assumed she had some news related questions.
