Artificial manipulation of the exchange rate does not benefit the American economy. Such products as transistors, which Sony originally marketed, may today be purchased anywhere outside Japan, and so are not a matter of friction between the US and Japan. Products recently developed in Japan are not as easily obtained elsewhere. There are some things that can only be found in Japan and Japan cannot be blamed for over-exporting. Those who say otherwise simply do not know the facts.
Computer terminals are in short supply and are being rapidly developed in Japan.
Japan should let America know what the situation is and make the US realize that the relationship between the two nations is increasingly mutually dependent. Living in a homogeneous society since childhood, we Japanese have grown up without practical experience in quarreling and fighting in a heterocultural environment. In short, we expect a lot when it comes to mutual understanding. Americans may go directly to their boss to offer an explanation when they fell they are not properly understood. Japanese, on the other hand, even if they feel they are not properly understood, remain hopeful that they will eventually be understood or that the truth will reveal itself sooner or later.