Journalists are taught to cover all sides of a story, but rarely can they do it as thoroughly as TIME'S Edwin Reingold. From 1969 to 1971, he was Tokyo bureau chief, chronicling the early days of Japan's economic boom. He was reassigned as chief of our Detroit bureau in 1971, just when fuel-efficient Japanese cars were beginning to vex U.S. automakers. Returning to head the Tokyo bureau in 1978, he found Japan's economy in full flower. Reingold's split-screen perspective on the U.S. and Japan proved to be invaluable in reporting this week's cover story. Says he: "Since auto imports are the...
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