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Austerity & Growth. Finance Minister Ichimada does not expect an overnight cure for Japan's expansion troubles. Japan's international payments may actually wind up $400 million in the red by the end of fiscal 1958. But for fiscal 1959 he hopes to balance Japanese trade by boosting exports to $3.1 billion while holding imports to $3.2 billion. Instead of leaping ahead by 10% to 20% each year, national income and industrial production may only grow 3% or 4% next year. Says Finance Minister Ichimada, who calls himself "a realistic optimist": "Our keynote is austerity. There can be no improvement in living standards without growth. But stability is lost if the foundations of growth are destroyed."