Did everyone in the 80s really think that the Japanese would be running the world by the 2010s? I noticed the idea of "japan owning america" shows up a lot in 80s movies

>>212229461 (OP)

>>212229492
damn i guess so. What the hell happened in the 80s-90s?

Toyota, Sony, Canon, Nintendo

>>212229532
Sorta what happened with China
Japan was growing rapidly with their tech manufacturing and had massive trade surpluses with the world
There was lots of American fears over Japan's economy eclipsing ours and several books about war with Japan
But their economy collapsed in the 90s and has never really recovered

>>212229461 (OP)
Yes it was very real, it's why there is so much Japanese shit in Blade Runner

>>212229677
>But their economy collapsed in the 90s and has never really recovered
I wonder who could be behind this.

>>212229532
A recession followed by their central bank reducing interest rates below 1%.

>>212229720
Oh my God... the Vietcong?

>>212229720
Massive debt-fueled asset busts in real estate and the stock market followed with inaction from the government

Or Jews I guess. Pick one

>>212229793
Trump is being a fucking moron here

Yes? Japan was the center of the world in the 80s

>>212229813

Yeah, they were still trying to win WWII, by buying up every American corporation in sight. Nobody realized that they were slowly poisoning their own culture, wasting cash and completely fucking themselves over - pretty funny.

>>212229461 (OP)
i go to wuhan

>>212229677
'Made in Japan' was the original 'Made in China' in terms of quality assurance

>>212229956
NTA but it takes the impact away of real events by tying them to a shadowy boogeyman capable of anything, which undermines the message
like normoids talking about the illuminati in relation to shit
hide your power level and save the jq for when it actually matters and is materially relevant i guess, that way you educate them on the actual sorry state we're in and not to just think roman salutes are edgy and hilarious

>>212229885
we live on a fucking sphere

>>212229566

>>212229720
>>212229677
Japan collapsed because of the American backed Plaza accords. Also the US began investing in Korea (which was a third world dictatorship in the 90s btw) over Japan.

>>212231884
kek

>>212229720
Who indeed

>>212229793
i look forward to that retarded niggefaggot finally dying

For a time, it absolutely looked like that. In economic history, the phenomenon is referred to as the Japanese Economic Miracle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle

>>212232361
interesting, but thats just saying japan's economy crashed in 73 and prior to 1980

>>212229677
>Sorta what happened with China
Two more weeks.

>>212232482
Well, the entire world economy kinda crashed in 1973, due to a world wide oil crisis. What Japan did right was realize that the massive increase in production costs meant it was no longer feasible to build the economy around mass-producing cheap plastic shit, and so took all the money and expertise gained during the previous two decades and pivoted the economy to be based more around high-end electronics and goods.

This of course helped, but what really kick things into gear in the 1980s was the growth of a giant real estate bubble, similar to what happened in the US prior to 2008. With everyone getting more money, domestic demand for goods explode. This causes domestic businesses to make more money, which leads to higher salaries, which is used for more domestic goods, creating a positive feedback loop.

This leads to the yen getting really strong against foreign currencies, causing Japanese economic institutions to go on a shopping spree and buy up a shitload of foreign companies (usually American). All of this eventually culminates in Japan becoming the second largest economy in the world during the late 80s.

>>212233378
very interesting, thanks anon

>>212229461 (OP)
Yes. You don't understand, Zoomer. Tools, TVs, cars, trucks, you name it--all of it was AMERICAN MADE then suddenly, I and I mean suddenly, everything was made in Japan. There's a reason why "made in Japan" became a joke in "Back to the Future".

Anything else I can inform you of, my dear Zoomer?

>>212229461 (OP)
The Japanese? Those sandal wearing goldfish tenders? Bosh! Flimshaw!

>>212232595
Oh did the chinese real estate bust get better?

>>212234991
my mom was made in japan :(

>>212235088
Hot.

>>212231938
This, Japan was the OG currency manipulator and got cucked and neutered in the Plaza Accords.

Its interesting that despite Japan being so big in the 80's, cultural aspects like music or anime didn't really crossover at all except for a handful of shows for kids.

>>212230877
Yes. Japan is the center of the Earth, duh.

>>212229461 (OP)

>>212235740
That's because they were still being cucked into loving American Culture back then, so saw no reason to export their own. It was all about the tech.

>>212235088
That's good. She's doing her part to atone for Japan's criminal acts at Pearl Harbor