Seventeen years ago a young Japanese named Kunitaro Imaeda left his native country and went to Africa to make his fortune. In Nairobi, Kenya Colony, Kunitaro Imaeda opened a barber shop. Kunitaro prospered. Kunitaro saved.
Then Japan and Great Britain came close to war. Kunitaro Imaeda decided to leave Africa. But Kunitaro could not take his savings with him because the law forbade the removal of more than 200 shillings, which equal 170 yen, or $40. Kunitaro had 118,000 shillings, 100,000 yen, or $23,620. So on the advice of a fellow countryman, a dealer in animals, he invested in giraffes, on which...
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