Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If Japan Never Closed Itself to The Outside World?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan never implemented the sakoku policy of national isolation, potentially reshaping East Asian geopolitics, global trade networks, and technological development for centuries.
What If Japan's Bullet Train Network Expanded Differently?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan's shinkansen system followed a different expansion path, fundamentally altering the nation's economic geography, urban development, and transportation culture.
What If Japan's Economic Miracle Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan failed to achieve its remarkable post-war economic reconstruction and growth, dramatically altering the global economic landscape and Pacific power dynamics.
What If Japan's Keiretsu System Was Reformed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan's powerful business conglomerates underwent significant structural reforms in the early 1980s, potentially averting the lost decades and reshaping the global economic landscape.
What If Japan's University-Industry Collaboration Was Stronger?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan developed robust university-industry partnerships in the 1980s, potentially transforming its economic trajectory and global technological leadership into the 21st century.
What If Johannesburg Developed Different Post-Apartheid Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Johannesburg implemented radically different urban development and social integration policies after apartheid, potentially transforming South Africa's largest city into a global model of post-conflict reconciliation and economic equality.