[patrec]

Productivity:

https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=107229

Human Capital (let's take Pisa scores as a proxy):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_St...

GDP growth, JPN vs US

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/national-gdp-constant-usd...

(Worth pointing out that the US population has grown by ~1/3 whilst Japan has remained about constant, so per capita the effect is not as pronounced)

[patrec]

P.S. Movies:

Great example: https://youtu.be/Km6bFBSVty4?t=74

https://www.pastposters.com/details.php?prodId=4514 https://filmandfurniture.com/2014/09/blade-runner-design-whi...

Books: Neuromancer etc.

Good compilation:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JapanTakesOverTh...

[genezeta]

I'm not sure why the reference, but you probably mean Neuromancer.

[patrec]

Indeed, fixed.