[Balgair]

I mean, Japan has been through a few 'collapses' in it's written history. The most recent arguably being in 1945.

[red-iron-pine]

and then the US invested heavily -- and still does, via military presence -- to build Japan back up to block the Soviets.

who will build them back up in the future? The Chinese would prefer to see them poor.

[bestouff]

Sure but I was thinking about more wide-scale collapses like Egyptians or Mayans.