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The article focuses on the growth of Tokyo, Japan-based "Nikon Keizai Shimbun" journal. It is considered as the Wall Street Journal of Japan's business world which gives most of its editorial space to business and economic affairs. The journal's progress starts after the World War II as there is a growing national interest in business and financial affairs in the country. In 1941, the journal's circulation reaches 120,000.

The article profiles manufacturing and merchandising genius Konosuke Matsushita, who has built Japan's biggest appliance business from nothing. It notes that Matsushita's success at Matsushita Electric Co has made him the biggest yen billionaire in Japan. It adds that Matsushita managed to exist alongside the Japanese zaibatsu by slipping into a range of consumer goods through Western-style salesmanship.

The article reports on the protests of Japanese against the move of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi the revision of the U.S.-Japan Treaty. It states that demonstrators fought against police and tried to prevent Kishi to meet with U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. It indicates that the opponents protest that the treaty revision implies commitment of Japan to support all U.S. moves in the Pacific.

The article reports on the foreign economic relation between Japan and the U.S. It discusses the growth of Japanese economy in different sectors. It describes some problems with Japanese exports which prompted the country to convene with the U.S. leaders. At the meeting, the U.S. leaders called on their Japanese counterparts to start removing import quotas on 120 products and start setting up joint ventures.