I very much doubt that many companies in Japan would settle for the kind of social irresponsibility we see here. There is a far shorter distance money-wise from window washer to CEO - the Japanese are obsessed with personal honor - and honor is a group concept. Unlike the US, Japan does not have an enormous trade deficit - the latter and outsourcing go hand in hand. The Japanese objective seems to be to preserve the corporate body - the American, to line the executive pocket.

I think this is a simple case that it is more profitable to *everyone* at Honda to make cars here to be sold here, without the shipping costs tacked on to inhibit sales.