Determine whether the following passage contains an argument; if it does, identify the main issue."It is indeed said that the Japanese work more than 2,000 hours a year, but this is not so. At Sony-and at Sanyo or Matsushita-the total is somewhere between 1,800 and 1,900 hours."-Akio Morita, chairman of Sony

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Argument. Issue: whether the Japanese work more than 2,000 hours a year.

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