Economy
Is Japan Falling Behind? A Taiwan Post and Dead Home Appliances
A screenshot of a Taiwan-based figure calling Japan 'a developing country with per-capita GDP below Taiwan's' spread widely, and a piece asked why Japanese home appliances lost their global presence. Japanese netizens split between admitting the stagnation and disputing the yardstick — picking apart dollar-based GDP, pointing to overpriced, feature-bloated appliances, and noting they still buy Japanese brands at home.