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...sign, which goes into full computer-controlled action next month, is part of a comeback in flashy Times Square billboards. But this time most of them were erected by Japanese companies, including Canon, Sony, Fuji Film and Suntory liquors...
...technological edge -- its insurance policy against economic decline -- has been narrowing. Flush with cash, Japan has outspent the U.S. on investment and research, devoting nearly 3% of economic spending to nondefense research, while American R. and D. spending remained under 2%. Four Japanese companies -- Hitachi, Toshiba, Canon and Fuji -- each captured more American patents in 1989 than any single U.S. firm. Predicts William Archey, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "We haven't even begun to see the products of that investment...
...dominated by the Italian masters. Says Marco Rocca, owner of a bicycle-importing firm in Turin: "There is an invasion of imported mountain bikes!" French manufacturers sold more than 1 million velo tout terrain bikes last year, up from 1,000 in 1984. Such Japanese firms as Bridgestone and Fuji are ATB top sellers in the U.S. But back home, many Japanese consumers prefer American bikes from Diamond Back, Specialized, GT, Schwinn, Trek and Cannondale. They are also snapping up stylish U.S.-made cycling clothes from Nike, Hind and other firms...
...number of eruptions these days is not abnormal, but human populations near the fiery mountains have been growing rapidly. Never before have the volcanoes posed such a serious threat. Some volcanologists believe, for example, that Mount Fuji has entered an active phase, raising the specter of a giant eruption only 100 km (62 miles) from Tokyo...
...allied expectations, but each soon found himself in a political minefield. Kohl had to back off from a suggestion that German soldiers might legally go to the gulf. Kaifu proposed to dispatch troops to noncombat support roles well behind the lines; Japan erupted like a reactivated Mount Fuji...