AfterImoved to Tokyoandlivedtherefor a number of years, I got used to havingapile ofto-dolists, andmycalendaralwayslooked like a mess, with loads ofthingstodowritten across it.
Were Tokyo to do otherwise it would be, at best, garnering the fleeting favor of its G-7 allies who are anxious to fob off onto Japan a substantial portion of the billions in new money flows promised to the former Soviet Union.