If you want a fascinating readup on the impact of Japanese investment in Australia, the effects and outcomes, read up on the Multi-Function polis. http://en.wi

If you want a fascinating readup on the impact of Japanese investment in Australia, the effects and outcomes, read up on the Multi-Function polis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifunction_Polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifunction_Polis In short, it was a plan to build a high-tech city in order to better integrate Australian-Japan relations. In the end, a complete farce, but at the time regular front-page news. It did expose an ugly side to foreign investment in Australia, but things are very much different now - probably as a direct result of nothing very much at all occuring from all the Japanese investment. Mostly the Japanese did their dough, went bankrupt and left behind some big shopping centres, resorts and golf courses which Australians of all colours continue to use and enjoy to this day. A good companion would be the re-reading of the Micheal Crichton novel "Rising Sun" - written at the peak of the 'Japan to take over the world' thought bubble, before the Japan bubble popped.