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Japan's original chip industry lead was created by the government funding a bunch of also-rans to cooperate (and have each participant focus on one part of the

Japan's original chip industry lead was created by the government funding a bunch of also-rans to cooperate (and have each participant focus on one part of the job) instead of compete (where every team is spread too thin trying to do the whole hog) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwhU9goCiaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwhU9goCiaI

rasz 4y ago
Japan's electronic industry was build with tariffs, import restrictions, currency quotas, ownership limits, strict financial regulation, central planning and indirect subsidies. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43294946 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43294946 tldr just like China today you couldnt just import western electronics to Japan, or gasp own a controlling stake in Japanese companies. And this was the result: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/09/30/japan-and-the-big-squeeze/0fb1617e-8756-4390-a776-f1619d59869a/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/09/30/j... "JAPAN AND THE BIG SQUEEZE September 30, 1990. HOW DID Japan destroy the American television industry? The secret history of that strategy reveals how Japanese manufacturers and the Japanese government first created an anti-competitive cartel ..." "Japan's raid on the American market dates back to 1956, when the largest Japanese manufacturers formed the Home Electronic Appliance Market Stabilization Council, an illegal production cartel. The intent of the cartel was to monopolize the domestic market for television receivers, radios and other home electric products and to exclude foreign imports. Once their home market was secure, they would launch a drive against the far richer American market." Frontline: Coming From Japan [The Fall Of The US Television Industry] (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aesJTsZqm6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aesJTsZqm6c
- kalleboo 4y ago
  Well yeah, just like everyone else's industries. And the US government was silently encouraging it to create a Capitalist bulwark against Communism in Asia. That doesn't change that in the mid-70's the Japanese chip manufacturers were failing, and by "pooling together a bunch of also-ran teams together" they actually made better quality chips than the US, not just cheaper ones.

rasz 4y ago

Japan's electronic industry was build with tariffs, import restrictions, currency quotas, ownership limits, strict financial regulation, central planning and indirect subsidies. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43294946 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43294946 tldr just like China today you couldnt just import western electronics to Japan, or gasp own a controlling stake in Japanese companies. And this was the result: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/09/30/japan-and-the-big-squeeze/0fb1617e-8756-4390-a776-f1619d59869a/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/09/30/j... "JAPAN AND THE BIG SQUEEZE September 30, 1990. HOW DID Japan destroy the American television industry? The secret history of that strategy reveals how Japanese manufacturers and the Japanese government first created an anti-competitive cartel ..." "Japan's raid on the American market dates back to 1956, when the largest Japanese manufacturers formed the Home Electronic Appliance Market Stabilization Council, an illegal production cartel. The intent of the cartel was to monopolize the domestic market for television receivers, radios and other home electric products and to exclude foreign imports. Once their home market was secure, they would launch a drive against the far richer American market." Frontline: Coming From Japan [The Fall Of The US Television Industry] (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aesJTsZqm6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aesJTsZqm6c

kalleboo 4y ago
Well yeah, just like everyone else's industries. And the US government was silently encouraging it to create a Capitalist bulwark against Communism in Asia. That doesn't change that in the mid-70's the Japanese chip manufacturers were failing, and by "pooling together a bunch of also-ran teams together" they actually made better quality chips than the US, not just cheaper ones.