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When I was a kid (circa 1950) Japan made the crap like China does
today.
Our stuff was like Japan's stuff today (Ok, maybe not as reliable).
Some of Japan's turn-around is credited to American statistician Dr.
W.E.Deming who was invited there in 1951.

We give Deming a lot of credit for it; I suspect the Japanese credit
themselves.
Their Zeros were pretty good planes before Deming.