I forget the name of the thing. I just remember there was a big stink made because this guy was Prime Minister or something.
The Japanese have the world domination bug, just like the Hun. It'll take more than 50 or 60 years to get it out of their system.
As far as the book is concerned, you may want to run a Google search on "Nihonjin ron" or "Japanese uniqueness" for some really interesting stuff.