Fiat's high quality and low costs "should be sufficient to defend ourselves from a bigger Japanese presence," he said.
The expansion also reflects the museum's awareness of the growing Japanese presence in Indiana.
There has been a large ethnic Japanese presence in Latin America since the late 1800s.
Although go was invented in China more than 2000 years ago, in early 20th century the game had been dominated by strong Japanese presence.
This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence.
Besides, the Japanese presence in the industry is limited.
East Asia suffered from the Japanese presence for somewhat longer.
As the war dragged on, the Thai population came to resent the Japanese presence.
But no one in the industry seems to question that the Japanese presence in the industry will steadily increase for some time.
The only visible indication of the former Japanese presence is a pond landscaped with bamboo.