Restoration earmarking Japan's Meiji era (from 1857) was not just about 'opening up' to Western trade but a determined industrial effort to catch-up on its sole strengths (and sacrifices) - still holding lessons to this day
Inspired by the Meiji Restoration, mutually supportive relationships anchored Japanese industrial firms on strong foundations, in Japan and globally, making partnerships on Western markets attractive and mutually beneficial
Japanese debt seems overwhelming, qualifying unhappily as sole defining factor of the country's outlook but commanding economic strengths, with deeply rooted supply chains, will shift investor perceptions over time