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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by jedmeyers on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:05AM (#17650658)
And losing a world war? Something really shocking has to happen for the whole country to rethink ways of doing things.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by masklinn on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @04:25AM (#17651472)
WWII Japan is the result of its about face, not its cause.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by Tharkun on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @10:24AM (#17653368)
To anyone who finds this interesting and wants to explore this further: i can recommend the book 'Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction'.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by lostlogin on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:08AM (#17650674)
Applied to other countries, what did the second one teach that the first didn’t?
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by raziel2701 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:37AM (#17651020)
It taught them that they're pacifists.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by gricardo99 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:44AM (#17650808)
repetitio est mater studiorum

“Repetition is the mother of all learning”

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by Klover on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:42AM (#17651041)
This is not useful in the slightest. What was different after the war was a late 20th century boost in economy for Japan. Does Uganda learn as much every day because of a quote?
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