Mr Srinivasan has done his home-work. Indians and Japanese do have a semi cultural and religious bond. The author is quite right about the Japanese having a fair amount of respect for Indians.......something that is lacking when it comes to the Chinese. We will however have to clean house and fly right if we are to do business with Japan. The have a very clean and clear-cut understanding of business principles and will not compromise morals or work ethics. Frank Cherian, USA