ne of the several split im-
ages we Americans have
of Japan is that of city-Ja-
pan, country-Japan. Mil-
lions of zealous factory

and office workers are packed%to sprawling cities, while beyond them lie fields of glistening rice, diligently tended by declining numbers of aging farmers, Appreciating such contrasts, many Americans also feel that city and country in Japan have one thing in common: the vigi- lant protection of the state. Even as it pro- motes efficient industrial corporations in...