History Main / JapanTakesOverTheWorld

Today, the Western mindset is that [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China will take over the world]]. The reason is a somewhat simpler: the advantage of sheer numbers, and the economic and industrial power that comes with it. With this in mind, it is of note that [[IndiaTakesOverTheWorld India]] is gaining on them...

Before the Japanese economic crash, the U.S. pretty much expected that Japan would be their new Overlords in a decade or two. They were seen as hardworking to the point of being inhuman, and proficient in technology and business; it's as if they were an entire country of super{{nerd}}s. (It was only later we learned about ''their'' brand of [[{{Otaku}} nerds]].)

** WordOfGod says that this was supposed to show that most of the more affluent (i.e. white) population of America had already left Earth for the offworld colonies, and a lot of poor Asians who had also been left behind had subsequently immigrated. So this is more a case of "Asia takes over the world because no one else wants it".

* The book version of ''Sphere'' heavily implies a very heavy influence between the West and Japan in the time-lost spacecraft's own prior timeline, which would be the future for the world at present in the book.

Today, the Western mindset is that [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China will take over the world]]. The reason is a somewhat simpler, advantage of sheer numbers. With this in mind, it is of note that [[IndiaTakesOverTheWorld India]] is gaining on them...

* The [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of ''RisingSun'' basically tells us that scary Japanese businessmen are coming to get us.

Today, the Western mindset is that [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China will take over the world]].

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-> ''Oh yeah? Well, if you guys are SO great, how come ''you'' lost [[WorldWarTwo the big one]]?''
--> Hunt Stevenson, ''GungHo''

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* Michael Critchon's ''Rising Sun'', which was later adapted into a film starring SeanConnery and Wesley Snipes, featured corrupt Japanese corporations buying over American companies, placing valuable defense and other technology in Japanese hands. It was also a cautionary tale against the supposed unethical business practices of the Japanese, rooted in nepotism, underworld ties and other shady things.

* In ''BackToTheFuture 2'', Marty works for a man called Fujitsu and calls him "Fujitsu-san", though Fujitsu is [[SmallReferencePools the name of a company]], [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign not a surname]]. The filmmakers state on the [=DVD=] that they based their vision of 2015 in part on the assumption that Japan would take over the world and heavily influence American culture.

* In ''BackToTheFuture 2'', Marty works for a man called Fujitsu and calls him "Fujitsu-san", though Fujitsu isn't a real Japanese name. The filmmakers state on the [=DVD=] that they based their vision of 2015 in part on the assumption that Japan would take over the world and heavily influence American culture.
** Interestingly, it is a real company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu

** It is a company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu

* In {{''Firefly''}} the Alliance was formerly known as the Chino-American Alliance, an alliance between the two remaining great powers on Earth-That-Was. This is why both English and Mandarin are used, they're both official languages of the Alliance.

* Modern related: Chinese, in ''Firefly''.