Fukushima, in Foreign Policy (Summer
1985), 11 Dupont Circle, Washington,
D.C. 20036.
In disputes over the causes of America's $36.8 billion trade deficit with Japan, tempers have flared on both sides of the Pacific.
Fukushima, an economist at the Nomura Research Institute, suggests that Americans listen to the Japanese side of the story. He believes that Japanese businessmen have been falsely stereotyped as economic ma- rauders, while in fact, "Japan has been playing a helpful, vital...