Arm-wrestling a salmon: Alaska

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The fishing and crabbing industries thrive in the remote island of Unalaska in the Bering Strait. There are no major oilfields to spur competition from the petroleum industry, and Japanese sushi bars keep the seafood industries booming. A wild frontier life still exists on this island.

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The second wave: Japanese investment in Asia

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Economists believe Japan will increase its direct investment in Asia when its own economy revives. Japan will take advantage of the area's vast potential, high growth rate and low wages. The US and the EC will lag behind Japan in Asian investment.

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Japans' troublesome imports

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Studies of price signals, tariff and non-tariff barriers, and close-knit industrial groups in Japan indicate that Japan does restrict imports. Japan generally imports goods that its industries do not excel in making.

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