>Japan was resurgent in the 1980s and then was crushed again and experienced the lost decade(s).
>"You can have your bases here but there's going to be our electronics in every home in your nation." Even that was crushed.
Hey, really interesting posts. If you could elaborate that, I’d really appreciate it. I’ve always assumed it was part of a common pattern: booming economies lose their cheap labour factor over time. What happened actually? And how was it perceived there?