When you come to think of it, it is difficult to imagine a country being more globalized than Japan. It has showered the world in high tech exports, be they automobiles, microelectronic products or gadgets. Japanese companies have invested all over the world. Toyota even invested in an automobile plant in France with all of its labour laws! And Japanese tourists are everywhere to be seen -- from the Empire State Building to the Champs Elysees and on to the golf courses of Hawaii