Why are most of the oldest companies in the world from Japan?
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Aside from no major civil wars or revolutions, being an island nation like Japan gives them a huge advantage when it comes to invading forces. Japan is hundreds of miles outside of mainland Asia, and the mountainous terrain of many parts of it make it even more difficult for any invading force to occupy.
There’s a theory that large island nations like Britain, or Japan owe a decent amount of their success in industrialization and as modern economies because they were so easy to defend, and as such has relatively stable economies and little disruptions. Compared to other nations like China or India Japan was able to industrialize VERY quickly. This is in my opinion a large reason why most of the oldest businesses are in easily defended, relatively stable, long lasting nations, such as Britain, Japan, or to a lesser extent Switzerland, I suspect given enough time the US might start to move up the longest lasting businesses list, but as of now it just hasn’t been around long enough as a nation.
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