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Japan has historically had a culture of waffling between being extremely open to the outside world and being extremely insular. The period is measured in decade
by bradhe 4y ago
Japan has historically had a culture of waffling between being extremely open to the outside world and being extremely insular. The period is measured in decades, probably up to 100 years. Wonder if this is correlated with a cultural shift that peaked in the 1980s?
- brutusborn 4y agoOr it’s simply correlated with China becoming more powerful?
- ashwagary 4y agoJapan's last suicidal pursuit was supported by western countries for the sake of suppressing China. I don't know if anyone in the west has learned or remembers the actual lessons as they position themselves for round two.
- brutusborn 4y agoHow did western countries help Japan? I thought Western countries would have had all their effort focused on Hitler in Europe?