Mr Takasu, who spent almost a decade in America embracing, as he proclaims, American managementvalues, is widely seen as having a mandate to sell the company.
As a result of the conflict with traditional managementvalues, Agile approaches have had a hard time winning widespread acceptance from managers imbued with traditional linear thinking.
Although the company has been failing to service its debts, it claimed that it is solvent because its liabilities were smaller than its assets, which the managementvalues at replacement cost.