japans tech sector is hardly thriving, are they really your first example? 0% economic growth for 20 years? Israel is nascent and not very comparable, plus the

japans tech sector is hardly thriving, are they really your first example? 0% economic growth for 20 years? Israel is nascent and not very comparable, plus they do pull in a lot of global talent, germany also to a much greater extent than japan. also, I'm not saying you can't have a 'viable' industry without importing good talent. I'm just saying it won't be as good.