Word: reischauer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lectures by Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, John H. Finley '25, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus, and Edward O. Wilson, Baird Professor of Science, will highlight the weekend. These professors will speak on topics in their fields of expertise and try to simulate the classroom experience for parents...
...Reischauer added that the distribution of wealth in Japan is one of the most even in the industrialized work, and that only Sweden and Australia have more even distributions...
...Reischauer attributed Japan's prosperity to the "East Asian work ethic" and to cooperation between business and government. He added Japan has one of the best education systems in the world, and 90 per cent of all Japanese youths complete high school...
Japanese workers derive great satisfaction from their work, Reischauer said--"Japanese companies often don't need quality control because workers take such pride in their work that they provide the best quality control in the world...
...major problem facing Japan, Reischauer said, is finding ways to avoid flooding the rest of the world with goods during recessions. "We're going to get through in 1978, but what about in 1988? Each time it happens it's a bigger problem...