But one of those caught most off guard was Masahiko Yamamoto, manager of Drexel's Tokyo branch.

In return, Mitsui has agreed to provide assistance to Security Pacific's Tokyo branch.

The following year, he entered the service of the South Korean government, working at the Bank of Korea's Tokyo branch.

Mitsubishi's headquarters will be the main office, while Bank of Tokyo's old quarters will house the Tokyo branch.

The Little Tokyo branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is also located on the site.

"Deryck did a good job for us running our Tokyo branch," said John Gutfreund, former chief executive of Salomon.

He was present during Mamoru's raid of the Kakuhōkai's Tokyo branch and vowed to take revenge on the swordsman down ever since.

In return, Mitsui is supplying Security Pacific's Tokyo branch with business.

He said, however, that he had cleared the book beforehand with the secretary general of the Tokyo branch.

But he apparently had other fish to fry, in this case the new Tokyo branch of Spoon, his Parisian diner.