What the H#LL happened to the Japanese. Everyone thought they would own us by 1990. Then something went very wrong.
I read that it is their culture where firing is anathema.
That Borg like thinking is what helped to defeat them in WWII. I read that if the squadron leader got killed they didn’t know what to do whereas American fighters were very fiercely independent and innovative when attacking ships
When dead wood is allowed to remain on a tree, it rots and eventually kills the tree.