And 15 years ago, the all knowing press was saying that the Japanese would be owning everything.
And then it was the Mexicans, and now Indians and Chinese, and on and on...
Never underestimate the ability of cyclical economic downtunrns to lead paleos to conclude that we are all doomed (and it's them damn imgrants! fault).
This has nothing to do with the press or the Japanese (or any other foreign country). It has to do with the wealth distribution and class structure of the United States. I don't see any foreign power having any influence over this at all.