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It's hard to ignore the implosion of the Japanese real estate bubble as a contributor of receding Japanese influence in the US since then. The Plaza Accords are widely attributed to this.

Maybe hard to ignore in Japan. In the U.S., their success was based on their leadership in technology innovation, not real estate. Leadership which was eaten by the U.S. tech industry starting in the late 90s.

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