on a flight from japan to the united kingdom, a young japanese woman dies of a mysterious illness. the illness is a mutated version of the west nile virus. james bond finds out that not only was she the daughter of an important japanese businessman, her entire family is also dead. james bond travels to japan in search of the killer. here bond reunites with his longtime friend tiger tanaka, who introduces him to a female japanese agent who is later killed by the mutant virus.