I had a prof back in the 80s who used to joke that they were both small island nations with large degree of foreign trade and a history of colonialism. (the jo

I had a prof back in the 80s who used to joke that they were both small island nations with large degree of foreign trade and a history of colonialism. (the joke is that it's easy to find deep parallels but that they were mosly coincidental -- it was really a criticism of 1980s stereotypical takes about Japan).