Tetsuyo Akinicho Is A Wealthy Japanese Industrial Baron Who Moves In The Most Highly Respected Circles Of New York. One Day He Receives An E-Mail Which He Can Not Afford To Ignore. Someone Tries To Blackmail Him By Threatening To Reveal A Family Secret And To Destroy His Reputation. Seeking Help From Akira Tanaka, His Lawyer; Paul Griffin, A Well Known American Private Investigator; And His Assistant, Japanese Historian, Mayumi Onodera, Tetsuyo Akinicho Decides To Probe Into The Matter. The Investigations Lead To One Shocking Discovery After Another. Does Tetsuyo Akinicho Reach The Blackmailer? Did He Bow To The Demands Put In The Blackmailer Who Said He Would Dig Up The Past? Are The Ghosts Of The Past Still Haunting Him?