Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan
diverging@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Doc: “No wonder this circuit failed; it says ‘Made in Japan’.”
Marty: “What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.”
Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan
diverging@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Doc: “No wonder this circuit failed; it says ‘Made in Japan’.”
Marty: “What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.”
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What was the joke supposed to be here, that they had rapidly industrialised.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I think they had a poor reputation and then rapidly improved which led to their current reputation
superkret@feddit.org 1 week ago
They started out like China, making cheaper copies of Western tech. Then they started to innovate.
China is now on exactly the same path, and it’s well into the phase where they are innovating, but most people still refuse to acknowledge that.
shawn1122@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Western tech had a massive head start.
When a country’s tech manufacturing is being developed it’s going to start by making what already exists because… it has to start somewhere.
It didn’t take long for Japanese cars to supersede American cars. China is now doing the same to both American and Japanese cars. Nissan nearly went out of business and is still ib trouble. Tesla’s situation isn’t helped by how dislikable its founder is so its value is plumetting.
Most countries don’t know how to deal with the advent Chinese EVs so they’re just slapping massive tariffs on them and hoping they figure something out in the meantime.
It isn’t just going to stop at Japan and China though. Japan was subsidized by the US post WW2 and China built its manufacturing from the ground up. There are many other countries on that path which will lead to significant global competition. The West is going to have to keep its head up if it wants to remain competitive by the end of the century.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Really? Isn’t it pretty obvious, I mean they make electric cars now.