----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
And they pile up in no small part because Japanese industry is too unprofitable to justify investing the cash pile in it, and because Japanese consumers live rather austere material lives.
Doug =========== Try fitting the average amount of stuff in a US suburban home in a Tokyo or Yokohama condo; space man space!
Ian still nostalgic for riding the bullet train and zen gardens...