Japan as an American Client State

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Actually, you did make that claim:

Well, I should have elaborated more on that though.

A strong currency alone does not derail economies, else how do you explain the US economic boom in the 1990s together with a strong dollar?

US economic boom in the 1990s was unique in US history as it coincided with internet revolution and bursting of the dot-com bubble:
1990s United States boom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia