Americans believe that the Caucasian race is superior since the modern era is dominated by the western world, and this prejudice will hurt them in the end. Americans and Christian missionaries try to erase local cultures and replace them with Western culture. (See Cultural imperialism) Former American colonies are rife with problems, while former Japanese colonies are thriving. America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and not Germany in World War II arose from racism because Germans are white people and Japanese are not. Morita's assertions American business American business focuses too much on money games like mergers and acquisitions, and not enough on creating real goods and manufacturing power. American business focuses too much on short-term profits, such as moving manufacturing overseas, while sacrificing long term overall livelihood. American company executives receive too much income, which hurts their companies. Employees in Japanese companies form a tight community, so overall results are better. The trade surplus with the U.S. is caused by the lack of desirable products made in the U.S. U.S. businesses are strong in basic research, but not in product development and marketing. It is natural for the Japanese government to protect Japanese businesses, as it relies on their tax revenue. Japan's image and position It is popular to bash Japan, and this is largely the fault of Japanese businessmen overseas who don't socialize with locals and become part of the local community. Japanese need to do more to adapt to Western culture and language when dealing with Americans in order to be understood (pointing out that foreigners from other countries have successfully integrated into U.S. society). The U.S.'s failure to recognize Japan's importance will hurt the U.S. and the world economy. Japan must be conscious of its role as a world leader, and do its part to support the world economy. Japan must help build up Asia to strengthen its position as a regional economic leader. Japan must give more foreign aid if it wants to be a true world leader. He equates this with doing local community service. Reception Daniel W. Drezner of Foreign Policy ranked the book as one of the ten worst books about foreign policy, writing "Shintaro argued that Japan was destined to become the next great superpower. Whoops." A similar criticism appeared in a March 1990 newspaper, presenting a cartoon of Mount Fuji, symbolic of Japan and its purity, facing an