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    1. oberwolfach on

      Note that the comparison is partly exaggerated by currency fluctuations: USDJPY was 80-100 in 1995 and 140-160 in 2025 (JPY was more than 60% stronger against USD in 1995 compared to 2025). In real yen terms, Japan’s GDP was about 20% higher in 2025 than in 1995: still a very slow rate of growth for 30 years, but not the Great Depression kind of decline suggested by the nominal dollar conversion.

    2. _Winter-Wolf_ on

      The results of voting for the same party for 70 years and keeping the most toxic traits in their society

    6. Arcamorge on

      I mean in 500 ad, 1000 ad, 1500 ad the story would be the same. Japan in 1995 was the exception

    8. give_me_your_body on

      I mean to be fair, those 4 provinces together have a bigger population than the Japanese archipelago.

    9. arkallastral on

      The US pressured Japan to increase the value of its currency (The Plaza Accord), which weakened Japan’s economy. Being a vassal doesn’t give you many options other than accepting to submit to someone else’s will.

      The US tried to pressure China into a Plaza Accord-like agreement to appreciate the Yuan and reduce trade imbalances, but obviously China rejected these efforts, as it has more independent economic (and military) power than Japan…

    10. Western_Bison5676 on

      Those provinces have a combined population of over 200 million. Japan has 120 million people. 

    12. ConstructionDull7847 on

      I reckon I could find 4 Chinese provinces that the Japanese economy would totally eclipse. What is the point of this comparison?

    13. PsychoSwede557 on

      Fake economic stats + an unsustainable population growth explosion that’s now becoming a massive issue..

    16. dufutur on

      Just a long march to the historical mean, still far from the mean though, long way to go.

    17. sventful on

      Comparing to the century of humiliation is pretty messed up…….

      That is like comparing to the 1950s blue collar salary (1 human working could afford a house in the burbs and 2 paid off cars)

    20. Icy_Alps_5479 on

      The Japan story is one that continually changes and manifests into things almost never expected. There is currently a strong push by the current administration to keep the ye cheap which literally floods the country with tourists’ yen? And conversely many investors their income in foreign instruments via NISA and IdEco. Always Japan being Japan.

    22. Ricochet_skin on

      Inland China (any province not touching the ocean) is only about 40% of it’s GDP btw

      Also, all the economically developed areas are basically the only places where large scale capitalism is allowed. The rest of the country is pretty much just undeveloped villages

    24. Sleepy_Redditorrrrrr on

      Japan: time to change the constitution and go back to our old ways, I guess

    26. Baaoh on

      Japan has been economically gouged out by the world’s banks as they stole Japan’s inflation

    27. ExerciseFickle8540 on

      In 2026, 3 of these 4 provinces will have a larger gdp than Japan

    28. ThrowRA_sealion on

      Is this GDP? If yes, why not convert it to GDP/population? Give it a shot, paints a way different picture than this sensationalist post.

    29. Atari774 on

      I mean, that’s not a very fair comparison. In 1995, China was still finishing industrializing, and in the time since, China became the world’s largest manufacturer and exporter. Not to mention that they now have a population several times the size of Japan’s, and those highlighted provinces are the most heavily populated in all of China. So yeah, 30 years of massive economic growth, population expansion, technological innovation, and modernization will make a country significantly richer.

    32. ToonMasterRace on

      The west dismantled its industry and sent it to China for the slave labor not a surprise

    33. vava2603 on

      I do not think the comparison in USD is unfair . The fast depreciation of the yen vs USD was a political choice and even a necessity due to the unsustainable burden of the debt in Japan . The GDP increase in yen is also largely due to public investment fueled by debt and so it is reflecting into the weak yen .

    34. shelikethemacd on

      This is one of the dumbest apples to oranges comparisons I’ve ever seen. They picked the top three provinces and Shanghi, which is also rich AF. This is titled Japan Economy, but is really just showing how to far China has come.

    36. Amazing-Power4765 on

      Standby for the anti-Chinese and pro-Japanese redditors in 3,2,1…

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