The Japanese defeated the Mongol invasions; the typhoon only sank the ships afterwards, and it deserves far less credit than it gets.

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• A country is primarily for its native people DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson15 Sept 2025Japan
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• American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. AVAustin Vernon3 Jan 2024Japan
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• Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there NINitobe Inazō22 May 1905Japan

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