Division Chief Kosaku Shima

Kosaku Shima depicts the life of Kosaku Shima, a salaryman, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company. The fictional conglomerate is modeled after Panasonic, or Matsushita Electric, where Hirokane worked before and is highly accurate in its portrayal of Japanese corporate culture.

Kosaku Shima is appointed as the director in charge of Hatsushiba Shanghai. China is a fierce battleground for consumer electronics manufacturers from all over the world. This ambitious story clearly depicts the “modern” China, with its language and cultural barriers and deep-rooted anti-Japanese sentiment, through the eyes of Kosaku Shima, who maintains his style even in a new country! (Source: Kodansha, translated)