Thirty years ago, people thought of Japan as a country which excelled only at imitation. Now Japanese products are perhaps the most competitive in the world.
日本商品橫掃世界，早已不是新聞。但細細數來，電視、錄影機、計算機、手錶、汽車，這些行銷全球，處處受歡迎的「Made in Japan」產品，都不是日本人發明的。