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Last evening, I went to see the eulalia field at Sengokuhara. The waves of eulalia's silver heads were beautiful enough causing a heavy congestions of traffic.
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A few reports about Nissan affairs surprised me.
＊Mr. Obuchi became a first premier who came to The Tokyo Motor Show when he visited it on October 22. When he met Mr. Schweitzer, chairman of Renault, at the show, it was reported that the premier thanked him for his help to Nissan. The most important and only a single duty of premier is to protect the life of people. The premier should advise him at that time that the restructuring of Nissan must be carried out by paying much attention on the life of people who lose jobs. Number of people who lose jobs might reach 70.000 in total including those from subsidiaries, suppliers, small jobbers and sales people.
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Business Week November 1 issue, which I received today, said ”Ghson’s drastic restructuring was a surprise - but the bigger surprise was its widespread acceptance." |
The foreign media thought at first that the Nissan's drastic restructuring plan by a foreign executive would meet resistance not only from unions but by the government. But both of them did not express any opinion against such a brutal plan. It was a big surprise for foreign observers.
If the premier or related ministers such as Minister of International Trade and Industry cannot protect the life of people, they should resign now.
＊It is very clear that the present situation of Nissan was brought mostly by incompetent top executives. The other day one of the former top executives told at a press meeting that he did not think he was responsible because he had been working hard for the sake of Nissan. I wonder those who worked hard under his management can allow him to say such an irresponsible opinion.
＊A chairman of an industrial organization once said that those who tried to cut number of people first for restructuring their companies were not eligible for managing companies (I think it would be better for him to select more soft words.) While many top executives agreed with him, there were a few who criticized him. It was said that at a board meeting of one big company the boycott of his company's products was discussed seriously.
If all these things are accepted, Japan cannot sustain themselves in future. It is the time for journalism of Japan to stir up public opinions and show us their spirits.