Feverish competition among deep-pocketed corporations--especially Matsushita, NEC and Mitsubishi--has resulted in a plethora of tiny, innovative machines.
Consider some of the Japanese names not appearing on this Fabulous 50: Sony, Honda, Canon, Sharp, Aeon, NTT, NEC, Toshiba, Fujitso, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Fuji Photo Film, Nomura, Seven-Eleven, Mitsubishi and Mitsui.