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Remember the 1980's when Japan was going to eat the US alive? Well, then the real estate bubble bursted and Japan got in a recession that it has never gotten out of to this day.

What is the best POD to make it so that recession was short or never happened? I've been thinking about it, and given the nature of Japanese politics and the broad trends from the 1960's on, I can't come up with anything.

However, I did found out that the the problems with Japan are inherent in it's current cultural and political structure. The collectivist and conformist nature of Japan causes a great degree of inflexibility. Not "rocking the boat" is more important over many other considerations. This is not to say competition is frowned upon, far from it, as many of us are away of, but its a conformist competition.

So, can anyone suggest a decent POD?
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