Word: ares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Q. Your book The Japan That Can Say No, co-authored with Morita, is generating controversy in Washington. Are you surprised?
A. I told the Japanese publisher that the book should be published in the U.S. so that Americans could better understand what Japanese are thinking. But someone circulated a pirated translation, a clear infringement of copyright. The book is basically written for Japanese readers, to tell them that it's...
A. Let me explain. I was in Washington two years ago, right after the U.S. Government slapped punitive tariffs on Japanese electronics goods over the semiconductor issue. The mood was hysterical. At a party an American politician told me that because the U.S. and the Soviet Union were moving closer...
A. It's because our postwar stepchild mentality hasn't changed. Because bureaucrats and politicians feel that Japan owes the U.S. so much in return for the country's postwar rehabilitation they acquiesce even when the Americans are unreasonable. I think it's time for Japan to move away from...
Q. Are you saying that you expect Japan to take global leadership on the strength of its technology?