Japanese companies are bursting out of their saturated home markets and are not only sending more and more goods to us, they're exporting their factories too. Over 200 Japanese businesses now have a base in Britain, and in some of the fields where they've set up, like zips and colour televisions, they show signs of dominating the market. Kieran Prendiville and Bill Brcckon discover that they're bringing with them some startling new ideas in the way they manage British workers. So how much can we learn from them? Or are whole industries in danger of being swamped by this Far Eastern invasion?