Nonsense. People have been saying the same thing about Japan since i was a little boy. Saying how Japan will collapse soon, and how its economy will turn into trash and be relegated to a 2nd world country . lol
However , Japan's economy is still strong, they have one of the highest(if not the highest) living standards in Asia and even the world, they are still among the most developed country in the world and probably the most developed in Asia. They are still among the most productive country's on earth( in fact if China can reach more than half of Japan's productivity relative to population then China will have a far bigger GDP than the U.S). Japan has reached a stage of saturated development, which means the country has reached a stage of such high development such that its difficult for them to grow as much as a developing country like China, Vietnam, Indian, Africa, etc etc developing countries who are still relatively poorer and thus have more space to grow coming from a lower base. Once they reach Japans level of development and living standards(if they ever do), their growth will also plummet as they reach saturation point/developed status they don't have that much leeway .
We must be rational in our observations. However, i have noticed that memebers here are so ultra nationalistic so much so that they let their emotions have the best of their judgement and obviously bias.
If Japan was friendly to China and a chinese ally , then im 100% sure you will all be singing their praises and about how they managed to developed despite all odds and how disciplined/hardworking and orderly their society is etc etc..
![Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin: 😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png)
lol