Americans may think of Japanese businessmen as ruthless, calculating tigers, but that is true only in sectors that compete abroad. Domestic companies are the opposite. Yoshida's company treats its employees more paternally than do American firms. It won't lay off employees or cut salaries. No one will have a job.
Governments everywhere make their choices.
The United States, more than other large countries, chooses the market. It makes us the world's most competitive nation, with an unemployment rate half that of Europe.