Look East To The Rising Sun

After initiating a new era of friendly relations with China, India is all set further its amiable already amiable ties with yet another Asian super-power, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi's visit to India is expected to usher in a new vista of mutual co-operation in several key areas like defence, petroleum and natural gas production, movement against nuclear proliferation, among others. But the one utmost important thing that India has to learn from Japan in the optimum utilization of the existing human resource. If the manpower can act to its optimum capacity, there is no reason why India, with all her recent spurt in the inflow of money capital, technical innovations and increasing government support, has to languish far behind the top-notch 'developed' countries, when it comes to the matter of industrial development and progress. India, in some parts, has the inherent disadvantage of lack of congenial climatic conditions for industrial activities. But still the Indian workforce, which has an enviable record when working abroad, can take a few leaves out of the book of Japanese work-culture, for twin advancement of the their personal and the country's broader interests.