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Character Builds the Nation
T oyota, a Japanese motor company, has been
functioning for the last thirty years without a single
day ever having been wasted, and without its production
ever once having slackened. This is only one of the
many examples which explain the fast development
of industry in Japan. General Motors and the Ford
Motor Company of the US are the biggest motor
manufacturing companies in the world. The annual
production of these motor companies is, on an average,
11 cars per employee, while the Toyota Motor Company
annually produces 33 cars per worker.
Considering the non-existence or at least paucity of all
the major raw materials of industry in Japan — coal, iron,
petroleum, etc. — the country still manages to surpass all
other countries in industrial progress. One might well
ask why. A Hindustan Times commentator (August 25,
1981) attributes Japan’s success to: “A national spirit
of compromise and co-operation, and a willingness to