eli5 How did Japan become a technology superpower after WW2?
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One person is responsible. W. Edward Deming, the Father of modern industrial quality managemnt thru statisical process control. The most prestigious award in Japan is the annual Deming medal. So yea, after the War Deming taught them what we knew/learned and they ran with it and by the 70s/80s we forgot everything and could barely build a car that ran when it left the factory……
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