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Japan is an ancient empire and while Commodore Perry forcing Western trade with Japan led to a lot of innovation it is undeniable that the Japanese turned themselves in a world superpower using western technology they coopted and made much better.
Still to this day this is true as their electronics, videogames, media, cars, motorcycles, just everything is much better and they are the worlds second biggest economy.
Just in the 1980s everyone thought the west will be sucking Japanese cock forever until their asset bubble burst and now China's the new threat but tbhtbhtbth China will implode before then.
The Japanese of course will always be strong.