US-Japan Trade War
Discover the trade battles that shaped US and Japan relations
4.7 (33)
42 mins
Explore how Japan transformed after World War II, using innovation, export focus, and strong industrial policies to become the world’s second largest economy. Discover how trade tensions with the United States shaped global economic negotiations and market strategies.
Ep 1:
America's Gamble: Building Japan's Economic Miracle
From the ashes of WWII, America engineers Japan's rise into an export superpower—only to watch it spawn a manufacturing juggernaut that would soon threaten America's own dominance.
Ep 2:
Anger Rises: America Strikes Back at Japan
As Japanese exports flood American markets, fury boils over into boombox-smashing rage and political backlash, culminating in the Plaza Accord's fateful currency gambit.
Discussions (11)
Herbert
Level 10 · 9 mo agoCongress smashing a Toshiba boombox with sledgehammers is the most unhinged breakup energy I have ever seen.
Wyatt
Level 10 · 8 mo agoBlaming the Plaza Accord is lazy history. The real culprit was the Bank of Japan forcing massive loan quotas via window guidance. It wasn't US pressure that broke them, but domestic monetary hubris.
Randy
Level 10 · 8 mo agoYou really think the US caused all that? Japan just seems like they worked harder. It’s kinda weird to say we controlled their whole economic rise lol.
