When was the best time to work in Japan as a westerner?

[IronMike]

Post Meiji Restoration?
1945+
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s


I'm going with 1980s, by this time the japanese could see westerners in media and on TV, but the amount in the country was extremely few, also this was prior to anime even being remotely relevant .

 

[Deleted member 14866]

1960s
1970s
1980s

exactly this period, their economy was booming back then

 

[IronMike]

exactly this period, their economy was booming back then

I wish I had a time machine, I would go back to 1980s and Invest all my money into Sony and Honda

 

[Deleted member 14866]

I wish I had a time machine, I would go back to 1970s and Invest all my money into Sony and Honda

fixed
and don't forget JVC, panasonic and toyota
also invest in south korea.

but yeah back in the 80s japan peaked, they thought japan was gonna rule the world.
source:dad, back to the future, die hard and other old movies

 

[IronMike]

fixed
and don't forget JVC, panasonic and toyota
also invest in south korea.

but yeah back in the 80s japan peaked, they thought japan was gonna rule the world.
source:dad, back to the future, die hard and other old movies

yeah my dad mentioned to me that the whole china craze thats going on today was basically Japan back then

 

[Michael15651]

The earliest the better

 

[IronMike]

The earliest the better

If you arrived in the late 1800s you would probably get murdered by an old school mega conservative former samurai

 

[Cuyen]

It probably was 1960-80