Japanese Dissonance

Discouraging news from Japan, where a poll found that 52% of the people surveyed condoned the purchase of counterfeit goods. Even more discouraging is that the Japanese government has been attempting to raise the public's awareness concerning the dangers and drawbacks of counterfeit goods, and that the number of Japanese condoning counterfeiting has risen despite this campaign.

That these attitudes occur in Japan is even more disheartening. Japan is resource poor but highly educated and wealthy in large part from its innovations and intellectual property.