
Berkshire Hathaway’s $6.25 billion investment in the Japanese market was about as close as any business deal can get to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“That is a no-brainer,” Charlie Munger, Berkshire’s vice chair, said during an appearance on the Acquired podcast. “If you’re as smart as Warren Buffett, maybe two or three times a century you get an idea like that.”