European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday Jura 10,1987 columns today s crossword japanese just doing what we did Brand Rooney everywhere you turn the japanese Are moving in and taking Over. Recently when the . Government announced a huge Bond tale the Treasury Wasi do Goethe japanese to buy a Large portion of it it s like idling part of the United stale to a foreign country but our National debt ii Sohili we have to to it one reason procure � High on the new York Stock Exchange i became be japanese Are Bir in into us. Companies. Most americans Are not Ware of us new influence became they never see a japanese businessman american think of the Jap Afeie As craftsmen not As Power broken in International finance. There is no reason for us to be angry with the Japa Nese. They Are Only doing what we did a countless foreign count ate for a Hundred years. We were Success Ful because i Here doing things better than the coun tries we moved  s what lie japanese Are doing now. They oper ate quietly and intelligently. They make All the conces Sions bul they end up with All the marbles. They even pay us the tribute of learning our language. We Don t learn theirs. The number of japanese who speak English probably exceeds the number of americans who speak japanese by 1,000 to one. We might even be uttered with All the Money the japanese Are putting into the United slates. It suggests our companies look like bargains to them. The japanese come very close now to dominating the . Auto Industry. The number of can made i Japan and sold in America it Only the Mot visible part of the takeover. The invisible Factor is the number of . Automakers doing business with the Jai Jansse. The . Automakers either have their cars Buill in Japan or assemble Many of their cars Here from parts made there. Ford motors bought Al billion Worth of parts from Japan last year. That hardly makes a Ford an All american product. Twenty years ago it would have been difficult for any of i to imagine the extent to which the japanese would move into the business life of our country. Hawaii even though it is one of our United states 11 Remote to most americans who live in the other 49 dates and they Ore largely unaware of now much of Hawaii is owned by the japanese. I be been trying to imagine news stories of the future that announce the takeover by the japanese of other american institutions Des Moines Iowa gov. Terry Gnu Utah announced today that following the acquisition of 39 274 Square Miles of Farmland and the Purchase of nine buildings near the capital Here the Ryoho land development corp of Yokohama now owns More than iwo third of the mate. Many longtime residents of the stale objected to the Sale of Iowa to the japanese. Developers however said they got a very Good Price for it and were looking into doing business with the japanese on Kansas. Oak Brook. 111. Following the takeover of Mcdonald Samerica s largest restaurant Chain by Tokyo enterprises ltd., it was revealed that raw fish will be added to the fasl food menu. As an Economy measure straws now will be made from a material that will enable them to be used As chopsticks. Legal Sheafer newest Law Field Byar Buchwald i met a lawyer who looked familiar at a party the other Day. Don l 1 know you i  you saw me on Channel