I don't know if I am just making unfounded generalizations, but the Japanese are a very smart and hard-working people.

Whenever I think of Japan I also think of Toyota and how that company has completely raped every other auto-maker on planet earth. If Japan wants to be a leader in space technology, theres no doubt in my mind they can do it.

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