I see Akiko as an 'assistant' for a VP of Market Survey and Assements (ie.. a nobody position for the 'company expeditor') who was part project, pet, and honey trap for him. He just pushed things too far one day and one of his rivals (or a team he tried to dispose of) decided his office looked better scattered over the street outside his window. With his.. departure, she was 'downsized' (ie..let go without benefits, access to her funds, home, ect) as her bosses new replacement brought in a whole new staff.