Word: japanizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Your book The Japan That Can Say No, co-authored with Morita, is generating controversy in Washington. Are you surprised...
...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 time for Japan to stand up and speak its mind. I mention at one point in the book that Japan could drastically change the world balance of power by selling advanced computer chips to the Soviet Union. This is a very provocative thought, even...
...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 together, the world power balance had shifted, and Japan was no longer very important. He had the nerve to tell me that the Americans and the Russians share the same identity because they are white. Well, that's fine. But if Moscow is looking to Washington for high technology, Japan is the country that has it. The Soviet Union...
...that why Japan should be more assertive or, as you put it, stand...
...Well, of course. But at the same time we have to say yes on many issues. First of all, we -- particularly politicians -- should say no to some groups of people at home. For example, Japan's distribution system is a shambles. The Japanese Fair Trade Commission is a den of Finance Ministry bureaucrats in collusion with industries. It's perfectly understandable that the U.S. got frustrated over some trade issues...