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More for their weird economic position of the past 30 years.
us aid + extremely reliable trade partner = profit?
Developed so hard it's hurting their economy, more like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades
That was well after 1971 though. 1971 was during the Japanese economic miracle.