University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, December 6, 1989
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Hurst speakea about Japanese attitudes toward the United States.
Japanese book suggests U.S. lacks productivity
Bv Doug Fishback
By Doug Fishbac Kansan staff writer
The United States lacks productivity, business foresight and corporate ethics, says a new Japanese book that takes a critical look at the United States.
G. Cameron Hurst, director of the Center for East Asian Studies, discussed "A Japan That Can Say No." The people yesterday in the Kansas Union.
' The book, which has caused a stir among lawmakers in Washington was written by Japanese politician Shintaro Ishihara and by Sony co-founder Akio Morita.
Hurst based his talk on his reading of a Japanese version of the book, which he brought back from Japan on Thursday.
In the book, Ishihara praises Japanese know-how in the field of special microchip production and boasts "no one else can make these but us," Hurst said. Even if the United States had the technical knowledge to produce the chips, it could not because it lacks productivity. Ishiha argues
Steve Tripp, who attended the forum, said that criticism of Japanese corporations by other countries was a new prominence in world markets.
He said that the book was "extremely one-sided" in its criticism of the United States.
Ishihara also says that U.S. racial prejudice against Japanese corporations is at the root of what he calls "Japan bashing." Hurst said.
Hurst said that although the book's authors did ignore some Japanese shortcomings, it was an interesting look at U.S. business values.
One chapter of the book describes a U.S. corporate management structure that can plan no further than 10 minutes, Hurst said. He said that the chapter did not issue a blanket criticism of managers in the United States, only those who made their living from manipulating large amounts of paper assets without actually producing anything.
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