Japan? Maybe you missed the fact that China has more than ten times the population of Japan and many times the territory of Japan. And, in case you also missed it, Japan has been a democracy since WWII and China is still Red China.
All these comparisons of Japan and China display a profound cluelessness about who was or is a threat to the US and other free nations of the world.
Or they’re bothering to learn from history. Global economics is complicated. There are many countries with large companies buying many other companies. I work for a Canadian company, didn’t used to but we got bought. Our largest beer and beverage baker is owned by a Belgian company. The trend today might, or might not, continue into tomorrow.