[kenshiro_o]

Maybe now but they have innovated in the past, and Nintendo still does to a certain degree.

It's not like their society became more conformist all of a sudden. In fact it was probably even more so a couple of years/decades earlier.

Look at the manga industry: there are mangas that touch on virtually any genre. That is a testament to the creativity of some of the people in this land.

I am not saying they will become as creative as the people in SV but I believe they definitely have the potential to bring innovative concepts to life.

[exo_duz]

I lived in Japan for 6 years and found that there is no more innovation there. It's because of the way they are a self preserving economy. Things that are available in Japan can't be used overseas. Which is the main reason why they are falling behind.

TVs, mobile phones (before the iPhone came out in Japan), voltage aren't available to be used overseas.

View my comments here from a previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6717211

[lmm]

Or look at board gaming in recent year. Japan is certainly capable of disruptive innovation.