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...Merner says that he became interested in Japan almost by chance. He first visited Japan in the summer of 1982, and took an intensive summer course in Japanese the following summer. But the giddy economic climate permitted him to find a job, even though his language skills were limited...
After graduating, Merner arrived in Tokyo and started calling major Japanese banks and American investment banks...
...While Merner had no previous business experience, less than two months after placing his call, he was working as an analyst in Morgan Stanley's Tokyo office...
...Merner said that he does not recommend the way he obtained his first financial-sector job to Harvard students of the '90s who are currently seeking business jobs in Japan...
...need two or three years in New York first," says Merner, who has since left Morgan Stanley, obtained an MBA and is now running his own business in Japan. "Otherwise, you must be Japanese...