Japan & 1990
Maybe the Ministry of Transport & SONY cofounder book was a tell of a peak bubble..
1989 the BOOK
“The Japan That Can Say No: Why Japan Will Be First Among Equals” (「NO」と言える日本, “No” to Ieru Nihon)[1] is a 1989 essay originally co-authored by Shintaro Ishihara, the then Minister of Transport and leading LDP figure who would become governor of Tokyo (1999–2012); and Sony co-founder and chairman Akio Morita, in the climate of Japan’s economic rise.
The “Rationale” or Nationalism
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Japan_That_Can_Say_No
1990s..
Japan’s population & estimates
USA Real Estate Game 2000s..
A great timing, bear market in tech after dotcom+ full bull on Real Estate
There is always a mania somewhere..