Is Japan\u2019s revival dependent on stronger ties with China? The former editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun argues just this point. \u201cWhile talk of a new industrial revolution may sound optimistic, recall that some of Japan\u2019s best-known companies, including Panasonic, Sharp, and Toyota, laid the foundation of their manufacturing business atop the wreckage of the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. For a repeat, China may be the key.\u201d Much as relations with the U.S. were central to the post-war recovery,\u00a0\u201ca more stable and trustworthy relationship between Japan and China is also essential to Japan\u2019s rebuilding. This is the moment of truth as to whether or not Japan will remain a global power.\u201dIs Japan\u2019s revival dependent on stronger ties with China? The former editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun argues just this point. \u201cWhile talk of a new industrial revolution may sound optimistic, recall that some of Japan\u2019s best-known companies, including Panasonic, Sharp, and Toyota, laid the foundation of their manufacturing business atop the wreckage of the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. For a repeat, China may be the key.\u201d Much as relations with the U.S. were central to the post-war recovery,\u00a0\u201ca more stable and trustworthy relationship between Japan and China is also essential to Japan\u2019s rebuilding. This is the moment of truth as to whether or not Japan will remain a global power.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Is Japan\u2019s revival dependent on stronger ties with China? The former editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun argues just this point. \u201cWhile talk of a new industrial revolution may sound optimistic, recall that some of Japan\u2019s best-known companies, including Panasonic, Sharp, and Toyota, laid the foundation of their manufacturing business atop the wreckage of the Great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,515,4,713,8],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-news","tag-china","tag-earthquake","tag-japan","tag-revival","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}