dlbarth

Kyoto was vetoed by Harry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who liked the place (and apparently had his honeymoon there). Nagasaki was put in as the replacement target.

This related Bloomberg article provides some perspective on Yahoo's foreign stakes.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-04-17/how-can-yah...

The valuation of their two main foreign assets actually exceeds the market cap of the whole company. This indicates that not only is the current strategy not working, even with billions of dollars available a new strategy won't be found.