[综合题]阅读简答题           "The whole concept that we can turn this around right now is patently ridiculous,” says an American trader who has lived and worked here since 1952. “The vested interests are being shaken and slowly moved, but at a pace too slow for the eyes to follow.”

      That view is echoed by a U.S. diplomat closely involved in the efforts to open Japanese markets to American goods, Washington’s stock solution to the ballooning trade imbalance.

      “Japan is a relationship society rather than a transactional society,” he says. “You cannot alter that kind of a system with a television speech or a batch of general proposals, no matter how well intentioned they are.”