Typing Lesson

(ｏｎｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｓｔ　ｐｒｅｓｓｉｎｇ　ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ)

One of the most pressing questions

(ｊａｐａｎ　ｉｓ　ｎｏｗ　ｆａｃｉｎｇ　ｉｓ　ｈｏｗ　ｔｏ)

Japan is now facing is how to

(ｒｅｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ　ｉｔｓ　ｐｏｓｔｗａｒ　ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ)

restructure its postwar economic

(ａｎｄ　ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ　ｉｎ　ａ　ｒａｐｉｄｌｙ)

and business systems in a rapidly

(ｃｈａｎｇｉｎｇ　ｅｘｔｅｒｎａｌ　ａｎｄ　ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｌ)

changing external and internal

(ｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔ．　”ｇｌｏｂａｌｉｚａｔｉｏｎ”　ｉｓ　ｔｈｅ)

environment. "Globalization" is the

(ｋｅｙ　ｐｈｒａｓｅ　ｔｈａｔ　ｄｅｓｃｒｉｂｅｓ　ｔｈｅ)

key phrase that describes the

(ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎ　ｉｎ　ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ)

direction in which the Japanese

(ｅｃｏｎｏｍｙ　ｉｓ　ｈｅａｄｉｎｇ．　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ａｒｅ，)

economy is heading. There are,

(ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ，　ｍａｎｙ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｊａｐａｎ)

however, many problems that Japan

(ｍｕｓｔ　ｏｖｅｒｃｏｍｅ　ｉｎ　ｏｒｄｅｒ　ｔｏ　ｗｉｎ　ｔｈｅ)

must overcome in order to win the

(ｔｒｕｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｌｏｂａｌ　ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙ．　ｆｏｒ)

trust of the global community. For

(ａ　ｌｏｎｇ　ｔｉｍｅ，　ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌｉｚａｔｉｏｎ)

a long time, internationalization

(ｗａｓ　ａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｅｄ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ)

was associated with Westernization

(ｏｒ　ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ　ｉｎ　ｊａｐａｎ．　ｊａｐａｎ)

or Americanization in Japan. Japan

(ｂｏｒｒｏｗｅｄ　ｗｈａｔ　ｉｔ　ｓａｗ　ａｓ　ｔｈｅ)

borrowed what it saw as the

(ｎｅｃｅｓｓａｒｙ　ｐａｒｔｓ　ｏｆ　ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ　ｃｕｌｔｕｒｅ，)

necessary parts of Western culture,

(ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ　ａｎｄ　ｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ　ａｎｄ　ｕｓｅｄ)

science and technology and used

(ｔｈｅｍ　ｔｏ　ｐｕｒｓｕｅ　ｏｗｎ　ｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔ　ｆｏｒ)

them to pursue own development for

(ｉｔｓ　ｏｗｎ　ｂｅｎｅｆｉｔ．　ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ，　ｔｈｅ)

its own benefit. However, the