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Article: Uniqueness and sleaze. (Japan's Recruit scandal)
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- National Review
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- June 2, 1989
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TOKYO-The Japanese maddeningly pride themselves on their uniquenness. They delight in telling us that their "unique" society accounts for their special abilities. How else to explain the better cars, the crime-free streets, the harmonious system? The Japanese often point out that the United States' "open" society is responsible for its many failures. How else to explain the gunfights in our streets, our lazy workers, and our legislators who childishly bash a Toshiba radio-cassette player on the steps of the Capitol?
Then enter the Recruit scandal. The roots to this tale of influence peddling, corruption, and deceit lie in the uniquely Japanese system of ...