Pacific Rift: Why Americans and Japanese Don't Understand Each Other
While a bond salesman for Salomon Brothers, Lewis ( Liar's Poker , LJ 9/1/89; The Money Culture , LJ 9/15/91) noticed that when one Japanese bought, they all bought. Their money seemed to move in concert, as if it were "being coordinated by some sinister force." In writing this book, Lewis hoped to find the source of tension between the United States and Japan by examining the business lives of two men; one a Japanese real estate rep in New York, the other an American insurance man in Tokyo. Both our governments control finance and industry in similar fashions while exhibiting marked cultural differences. According to the American in Tokyo, "The first rule in Japan . . . is that no one is allowed to go out of business." Lewis's opening story about the first American tourist in Japan is quite an attention getter, and his conversational style and off-center wit make the book a pleasure to read. This work is timely, given the current Japan-bashing controversy. Recommended for all collections.- Lisa K. Miller, American Graduate Sch. of International Management Lib., Glendale, Ariz.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.