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Other nations such as China or Russia have comparable or arguably better cheap labor stocks or natural resources. Then Japan has almost zero natural resources a

Other nations such as China or Russia have comparable or arguably better cheap labor stocks or natural resources. Then Japan has almost zero natural resources and nearly had a shot at taking over the world...

TeMPOraL 8y ago
> Then Japan has almost zero natural resources and nearly had a shot at taking over the world... Did they? Or was that just something American businessmen liked to scare each other with in a post-war era?
- wallace_f 8y ago
  Also during the war, they put up a pretty good fight for it all things considered.
- dalbasal 8y ago
  Japanese industry, during the height of its growth phase (say 1980) was very good, and the trend (projected indefinitely, a mistake we always make) implied crazy things.
crimsonalucard 8y ago
nah they were dead in the water. Resource embargo was basically a death sentence. The Nuke was done to end it quickly.
Gupie 8y ago
But the first step in Japan's plan to "take over the world" was to take control of China.
- stcredzero 8y ago
  China has a leg up in that plan. They already control China. Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, here we come!