True, and the quality is superior now but is Japan at the top of the heap today? South Korea is a similar story.
What Stymied Japans Industrial growth is Innovation, or the lack of it to be precise. They do a great job of copying widgets and making them cheaply in a wide array of colors, but only a few companies really succeed at innovation. The US still kicks the worlds ass in the area of vision
“The US still kicks the worlds ass in the area of vision”
Yep - If the Chinese actually PAID for every copy of Windows, we could even out the trade deficit.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to depend on “intellectual property” and patent rights to support our country.