I run a small design firm in one of the prefectures in the Kanto region. It's a tiny operation with about five employees, the kind that could blow away in the wind. So my wife, Reiko, also helps out as an office worker... One day, I received a call from Mr. Ishibashi, the director at one of our major clients, complaining about something... I wanted to go apologize immediately, but unfortunately, I couldn't make it that day due to other commitments. Instead, my wife Reiko went to Mr. Ishibashi's place with a box of sweets to apologize.
