[charles m]

Meanwhile, Japan will start to regain economic energy just as China sinks.

That's total bollocks, you've lost all credibility. Japan's economic rebound (if you can characterize it as such) in the last four years depends heavily on the Chinese economy. If China sinks, Japan goes into the abyss. China just became Japan's largest export destination this year.

[SaxxonWoods]

I like that word bollocks, though it doesn’t apply to what I wrote. “Japan’s economic rebound (if you can characterize it as such) in the last four years...”

I wrote that Japan will start to come off the mat in a few years, I’m was not talking about the last 4 years. And I also said Japan would be held back as they tried to rise by the rest of the world, led by the USA. It seems to me we are in basic agreement on Japan. They will start to regain energy, but will be sunk by US and Chinese problems. Though I should point out that China’s problems will become more evident by 2025, as it’s population ages.