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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. [[AlternateHistory The Axis powers won World War II]] and Italy and Germany were kmvaded by Japanese Empire, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.

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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. [[AlternateHistory The Axis powers won World War II]] and Italy and Germany were kmvaded invaded by Japanese Empire, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.
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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. [[AlternateHistory The Axis powers won World War II]] and Italy and Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.

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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. [[AlternateHistory The Axis powers won World War II]] and Italy and Germany collapsed, were kmvaded by Japanese Empire, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???The United States financed Japan's growth as a superpower, for its own gains.
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* '''Straight''': It's the year 2000. Japanese corporations dominate the global business world, Japanese popular culture dominates entertainment media, and Japanese values are a strong influence on Western culture.

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* '''Straight''': It's the year 2000. Japanese corporations dominate the global business world, Japanese popular culture dominates entertainment media, most people speak Japanese and Japanese values are a strong influence on Western culture.
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* Japan is the dominant world power, but they haven’t actually taken over the world.
* Japan is merely powerful culturally and economically but not militarily and is far behind major powers such as the United States, the European Union, China, and Russia.

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* ** Japan is the dominant world power, but they haven’t actually taken over the world.
* ** Japan is merely powerful culturally and economically but not militarily and is far behind major powers such as the United States, the European Union, China, and Russia.

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* '''Downplayed''': Japan is the dominant world power, but they haven’t actually taken over the world.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Japan is the dominant world power, but they haven’t actually taken over the world.world.
* Japan is merely powerful culturally and economically but not militarily and is far behind major powers such as the United States, the European Union, China, and Russia.
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** Japan winds up as the most backward and impoverished country in the world.


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** An alternate history results in Japan being part of the ruling power but with some very different cultural influences.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs are damn rich, never thought it could happen after [=WW2=]!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs Japanese are damn rich, never thought it could happen after [=WW2=]!"

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* '''Deconstructed''': As with all one-world governments, this Japanese-led one is stretched very thing trying to control the whole planet. China and Korea in particular are constantly rebelling, leading to long and bloody wars.* '''Reconstructed''': Japanese technology improves people's quality of life so much that the nation's traditional enemies decide to forgive it.

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* '''Deconstructed''': As with all one-world governments, this Japanese-led one is stretched very thing trying to control the whole planet. China and Korea in particular are constantly rebelling, leading to long and bloody wars.wars.
* '''Reconstructed''': Japanese technology improves people's quality of life so much that the nation's traditional enemies decide to forgive it.

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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???A Japanese time traveler prevents the nineties crash, allowing Japan to take over the world.



* '''Deconstructed''': As with all one-world governments, this Japanese-led one is stretched very thing trying to control the whole planet. China and Korea in particular are constantly rebelling, leading to long and bloody wars.* '''Reconstructed''': Japanese technology improves people's quality of life so much that the nation's traditional enemies decide to forgive it.
* '''Implied''': In San Francisco of the future, buildings are labelled with Asian characters and the architecture looks distinctly Asian.



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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. The Axis powers won World War II and Italy and Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.

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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. [[AlternateHistory The Axis powers won World War II II]] and Italy and Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.

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* '''Enforced''': It's a work created in the 1970s or 1980s, when everyone thought this trope was going to happen due to Japan's great economic growth and didn't see the crash of the 1990s coming.

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It's a work created in the 1970s or 1980s, when everyone thought this trope was going to happen due to Japan's great economic growth and didn't see the crash of the 1990s coming.coming.
** The work is a wish-fulfillment fantasy written by a Japanese nationalist.
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* '''Downplayed''': Real Life

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* '''Downplayed''': Real LifeJapan is the dominant world power, but they haven’t actually taken over the world.



* '''Parodied''': Weeaboo d'etat

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* '''Parodied''': Weeaboo d'etatWeeaboos took over the world.



* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs are damn a rich, never thought it could happen after [=WW2=]!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs are damn a rich, never thought it could happen after [=WW2=]!"



* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but Korea takes the Japan

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* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but Korea takes the Japanover Japan.
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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. The Axis powers won World War II and Nazi Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.

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* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. The Axis powers won World War II and Nazi Italy and Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.



* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but North Korea takes the Japan

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* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but North Korea takes the Japan
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* '''Inverted''': Japan is owned by a foreign power
* '''Subverted''': Japan took over the world, but it collapsed

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* '''Inverted''': Japan is owned by a foreign power
power.
* '''Subverted''': Japan took over the world, but it collapsedits empire collapsed shortly after.
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* '''Double Subverted''': But then it rises again

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* '''Double Subverted''': But then it rises againagain, now more culturally influential than ever.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Japan owns parts of the world
* '''Averted''': Japan collapses before it can

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The Empire of Japan owns parts had risen and collapsed by every turn of the world
century, each time with different territories throughout the world to the point that most of the world had been conquered by Japan once.
* '''Averted''': Japan collapses before it canwas able to establish an empire.
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* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but Korea takes the Japan

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* '''Defied''': Japan owns the world, but North Korea takes the Japan
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* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs are damn a rich, never thought it could happen after WW2!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "The Japs are damn a rich, never thought it could happen after WW2!"[=WW2=]!"
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Real Life



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
Japan is owned by a foreign power
* '''Subverted''': ???
Japan took over the world, but it collapsed
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
But then it rises again
* '''Parodied''': ???
Weeaboo d'etat
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Japan owns parts of the world
* '''Averted''': ???Japan collapses before it can



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"The Japs are damn a rich, never thought it could happen after WW2!"



* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???
Japan owns the world, but Korea takes the Japan
* '''Discussed''': ???
"日本はどうしてこんなに富んでいるの?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"日本とは何が基本的に世界を所有しているのですか?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Japan is the dominant world power TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
* '''Straight''': It's the year 2000. Japanese corporations dominate the global business world, Japanese popular culture dominates entertainment media, and Japanese values are a strong influence on Western culture.
* '''Exaggerated''': It's the year 1950. The Axis powers won World War II and Nazi Germany collapsed, so Japan ''literally'' rules the world.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Japan's economic growth continued unabated through the 1990s following sensible reforms and gradual cultural change, whilst it's other Asian neighbours (particularly China) continued to stagnate.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': It's a work created in the 1970s or 1980s, when everyone thought this trope was going to happen due to Japan's great economic growth and didn't see the crash of the 1990s coming.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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