Show WilD P Hes heres II a quick quiz 1 Which country has the worlds world's must most productive work force o c Japan 0 USA 2 Which country spends the most for research and development o 0 Japan 0 USA 3 Which country ex cx- cx ported more goods last YEar than any other in the world o Japan 0 USA 7 7 rJ Some of the smartest business executives In Amer Amer- America ica might fail this test They might answer Japan to all three questions After all Japans Japan's gains in these areas have been impressive as has their press nut But in fact points out Motorola Inc the space space- age electronics company recent Department of La- La Labor's hors hor's Bureau of Labor Statis- Statis Statistics Statistics tics figures show real gross domestic product per em em- employed played person the person the nation nation- national al measure of productivity of Japan behind the United States by 31 As for research and de- de development de National Science Foundation figures show that the United spends three times more than Japan spends In exports the International International Trade Statistics Year book shows that even In manufactured goods alone US exports have a dollar value about 39 greater than exports froin Japan So Japan may be gain gain- gainIng ing but it hasn't beaten America In many areas Japanese industry hasn't even caught up which is ot 1 to say that the challenge If from Japan is a hollow one i It is real f |