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The Almost Rising Sun

Revisiting America's Moment of Japan Hysteria

John Ganz
Oct 23, 2021
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As you may know, I’m currently writing a book about America in the early 1990s. One of the subjects of the chapter I’m working on at the moment is our country’s moment of panic about the rise of Japan during the 1980s and ’90s. It’s strange to think about now, after Japan’s economy has hobbled through the last 30 years barely exceeding 1% growth during …

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