The Japanese Connection

The Japanese ConnectionSome years ago, that doughty minstrel of British hegemony, Rudyard Kipling, proclaimed: "Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Old Rudy wasn't much of a prophet. Toyotas and Datsuns, stars of Eastern freeways, have become Yankee-Doodle dandies. Made-in-Japan cameras and TVs captivate consumers of the Western world. Now here comes a freshet of Nipponese alcoholic quaffs: whiskies, liqueurs, vodka, wines, beers, et al. And all this tim...