In the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was the envy of the world, owing to an all-powerful export machine that tapped the demand of a rapidly growing global economy. “Japan, Inc.” still has a good institutional memory of what it takes to draw support from external demand.
在寻找外需时，日本不应该忽视其早期成就。在20世纪七八十年代，日本是全世界艳羡的对象&mdash;&mdash;其无比强大的需求机器在快速增长的全球经济所带来的需求中如鱼得水。“日本公司”依然是关于怎样吸引外需支持的美好制度记忆（institutional memory）。