Important too is the role which Japanese firms have played in the growth of Taiwan's foreign trade, so much so that the relationship can almost be described as an umbilical one between mother and infant.
加上一群以公司為終身職的敬業員工，使日本商社在全球貿易中扮演著舉足輕重的角色。至於台灣的外貿成長，依賴日本商社的程度也相當高，甚至可用母親與胎兒間的臍帶關係來形容。