It is now well known that theyhave committed widespread atrocities against civilians and are sometimes high on narcotics but that does not mean that they are not determined.
This is because they are pragmatic and haveknown for some time now that grey is softer and more versatile than navy blue, more flattering than black and less harsh than white.
But the people of Japan have endured ten years of recession - the alleged recovery even now may owe more to government spending programmes than real investment - in which theyhave seen some of their best known manufacturers slip into foreign hands.