This year, for the first time,corporate employment in five major corporations topped the list andministerial jobs were chosen well down the line. For the first time aswell, some 15 percent of top graduates said that corporate jobs were justpreparation for pursuing independent entrepreneurial activity in thefuture. The word entrepreneur is no longer a term of derision. Meanwhile, whether in the financial services industry or in suchquitessential Japannese industries as automobile production, foreigners aregaining an ever growing foothold and bring with them their own homegrownbusiness culture and outlook. Japan are becoming premier ''Japanese'' companies.
Japan has a long road to travel.
Japan's great quality is that it is not afraid to learn from thoseobnoxious gaijin when it is necessary and advantageous to do so.