Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why Japan's Shrinking Economy Is Stuck in the ‘90s | WSJ" video.

  1. Considering the rates for suicide despite lack of personally owned weapons, not Japan.
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  2.  @pewpewpower Japan is a case where they let (their predetermined sense of) perfection get in the way of the overall good.
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  3. More like Japan needed to climb in value-added contributions before it was undercut by offshoring. After the US, Japan is the most prolific designer of IC chips, literally telling Taiwan and Korea how to fabricate them through their lithography masks.
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  4. Quality is good when the expectations are already well established and unlikely to change substantially. Pursuing a particular standard though can be a hinderance if they’re still developing.
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  5. Document scanners and modern encryption methods dare to differ.
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  6. It’s the most obscure way, not the most secure. Actually protecting the transmission requires a dedicated VPN pointing to each other, which at that point isn’t much different from a networked document scanner asking for an immediate print on a remote workstation.
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  7. Not necessarily. Businesses in Japan often likewise fail to adapt to changing customer tastes and close shop forever too.
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