But Japanese companies increasingly want specialists in finance, accountancy, law and information technology.
Add in the exports of related services, such as law, accountancy and consulting, and the trade surplus rises above 3% of GDP.
For that reason, many law and accountancy partnerships have organised ways in which women who take time off to rear children can still pursue high-flying careers.
Mr Miliband - who started his career as Labour Party adviser - said he wanted candidates from all backgrounds, not just professions such as law, accountancy and journalism.
In fact, Leeds always had the basic ingredients for a financial centre: the Yorkshire Bank, plus big building societies and an array of law and accountancy firms, all loyally patronised by local manufacturers.
It said cities that had performed well, such as Edinburgh, Cambridge and London, all had strong private sectors, and high numbers of skilled residents and "knowledge workers" - those who work in professions such as law, accountancy and finance.
The case ran out of time partly because Italy's recently downgraded false accountancy to a minor violation of the law - a misdemeanour - and reduced the amount of time magistrates have to investigate such cases.
Accountancy firms circumnavigated this obstacle by forging alliances with law firms rather than merging with them.
As the city's law firms have grown, so have its accountancy, merchant-banking and venture-capital businesses.
The son got his law degree at the local university, added accountancy and went to work for what was then Touche Ross.
The committee said HMRC was involved in a "never-ending game of cat and mouse" with the big accountancy firms over the issue, and added that UK tax law was "hopelessly complex and outdated".
When law firms hardly benefit from accountants' huge client base and accountancy firms are allowed to offer legal services only to a few clients, there is little point in accountants having a legal arm.
Moreover, law firms have themselves become more global in recent years and many do not need the accountancy giants' international reach.
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