THE VIDEO SHELF · japanese zaibatsu
What Eating the Rich Did For Japan
Asianometry traces how the Japanese zaibatsu families grew into vast industrial combines and how postwar reforms abruptly broke up their wealth and control.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a look at how Japan's monopolies were dismantled and how that shaped later industry.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Asianometry
- Topic
- japanese zaibatsu
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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+1 Love his "What [course of action] did for [country]" videos. E.g. What eating the rich did for Japan. [VIDEO]
routerl on Hacker News · 2023-08
In YKK: Japan’s Zipper King [video]Yes, thank you for compressing it. They start their answer with: > Here is the answer I want to suggest: Japanese companies excel in lots of very different domains because it’s inherent in how they’re structured. Which is then backed by some economists saying something …
tyre on Hacker News · 2026-05
In Why Japanese companies do so many different things
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