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Loocidtoday at 3:59 AM1 replyview on HN

Which seems strange since Toyota are the origins of JiT manufacturing. I wonder what made Japan go through a period of incredible innovation and then just decide "ok, that's enough".


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leonidasruptoday at 5:20 AM

Japan still has not fully recovered from the asset price bubble's collapse beginning in 1990.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades