Question: outside of California, which US state is home to the greatest number of Japanese companies in the USA? The answer is Ohio, a mid-Western state tucked right below Lake Erie, which is probably better known for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, than it is for its 380+ Japanese corporate citizens. For the low-down on the Ohio-Japan connection Read Terrie's Take Now

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