This week, we turn our attention to the 1980s. Japan and the United States find their relationship wracked by increasing tensions over political and economic relations, and turn to the solution of an agreement designed to ease the pressure of Japan’s economic growth. The result? Japan’s infamous Bubble Era!
Sources
Pempel, T.J. Regime Shift
Anchordoguy, Marie. Reprogramming Japan
Jansen, Marius. The Making of Modern Japan.
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