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THE JAPANESE, who have a large stake r in the L-.S. wall paneling, mobile home. flush door and furniture markets, are cer' tainly no exception to the concern over decreased housing starls and it was not sur' prising that a fact-finding group ofII Japanese industry and association leaders recently spent three weeks visiting major Li.S. consuming areas to get a better firsthand look at the overall problem.

First stop in the lJnited States was at San Francisco where the delegation held a reception with members of the Imported Hardwood Products Assn. The following day IHPA officers and directors met with the Japanese group in an efiort to give them a better understanding of the current U.S. homebuilding picture.

Although the Japanese appeared well informed about the country's general building picture, several excellent points were advanced by IHPA officials which could help the Japanese plywood industry regain its former preferred position in the U.S. Promotion, product improvement, uniform grading and distribution practices and above all-better communications-were but a few of the subjects covered, all of which were termed "essential" by IHPA executives if Japatr were to expect to increase its share in America's fast changing building market.

ll{ SAtl FRAIICISG0 recently was a Japanese delegation which met with IHPA members. (l) Seiji Mataga, president of JPMA & Kohoku Veneer; Kiyoshi Hirai, chief of agricultural MlTl trade bureau; Yoshichi Ohtomo, chiirman, Japan Trade Promotion Committee, and Masao lchikawa, president of JPEA and executive of Ataka & Co., Ltd. Rear: H. Kuniyoshi, exec member JPMA and manager of Tokyo Plywood; Tetsuo Hara, executive director, Japan Plywood Inspection Corp.; Sadao Kurosawa, managing director, JPEA; Kazunaga Uzaki, forestry engineer and Akira lwakura, vice president, Hokkaido Plywood Mfgrs. Association and director of lwakura-Gumi Lumber Co. Not oictured: Nakoki Kawamura. director Hokkaido Export Plywood Sales Co., Ltd. e) former TIM member Jim Higgins here with J. E. Higgins Lumber's Bud Radditz. (3) At reception are Pacific Far East lines ,exec Al Ryken, Ohtomo, and IHPA manager Charlie Schmidt. (4) Large turnout included Mogens Silleman (left) of Los Angeles; Eric Wagner, T. 0ishi of Jaoan Consul General's office. and Jack Baser of Los Angeles.

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