It is natural to feel excited about Japan's intentions over moving towards India but there is no need to go ga-ga over it. In the past also, Japan has made such overtures only to disppoint in actually implementing the promises. Japan preferred other south east asian countires like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines and then China over India. They always believe in absolute control and are wary of giving their technology. They did not get the expected promises from India and hence held back. Besides, apart from Honda and later Toyota, Japanese companies did not exactly won over Indian consumer. Sony and Matsushita failed against Samsung and LG. Suzuki succeeded initially only because of Government protection and now that has gone, Hyundai and Tata are eating away its share. In the Light Commercial Vehciles, Tata and Eicher literally banged door on them. Hence Japan's experience with India has not been so good. They are once again interested only because of India's growing clout and China's rising costs. So we should not show any preferential treatment to them. Afterall, we should not forget that though Japan continues to be a rich nation, China and India will overtake it eventually. It is the era of BRIC nations and we should deal with Japan on equal's terms
