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Japan Inc aka Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon (an introduction to the Japanese economy) is a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori (written 1986 to 1988). It's a non-fiction manga about the Japanese economy (also covering economics in general), mostly seen from the POV of several employees of the car firm Toyosan: The managers Tsugawa and Kudo, their boss Akiyama, their female coworker Miss Amamiya, and lower-rank guy Ueda. Originally serialized in the upscale business paper "Nippon Keizai Shinbun", the manga was published as an economics textbook by the University of California.

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  • Japan Inc aka Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon (an introduction to the Japanese economy) is a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori (written 1986 to 1988). It's a non-fiction manga about the Japanese economy (also covering economics in general), mostly seen from the POV of several employees of the car firm Toyosan: The managers Tsugawa and Kudo, their boss Akiyama, their female coworker Miss Amamiya, and lower-rank guy Ueda. Originally serialized in the upscale business paper "Nippon Keizai Shinbun", the manga was published as an economics textbook by the University of California.
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  • Japan Inc aka Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon (an introduction to the Japanese economy) is a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori (written 1986 to 1988). It's a non-fiction manga about the Japanese economy (also covering economics in general), mostly seen from the POV of several employees of the car firm Toyosan: The managers Tsugawa and Kudo, their boss Akiyama, their female coworker Miss Amamiya, and lower-rank guy Ueda. Originally serialized in the upscale business paper "Nippon Keizai Shinbun", the manga was published as an economics textbook by the University of California. * An Aesop: Capitalism is good. * Bland-Name Product: The car firms Toyosan, Mitsutomo, Chrysky; the US TV station CBN... * Bottle Fairy: Tsugawa's wife. * Butt Monkey: Ueda * Capitalism: Provides several of them as footnotes. * Character Development: Ueda starts as the somewhat goofy little employee, but he learns and seems to have grown some discipline at the end. * Eagle Land * Foil: Tsugawa and Kudo. Tsugawa is your typical ruthless manager, Kudo is the social guy who thinks about the employees. * Foreign Fanservice: A stripper in a cowgirl costume. * Happily Married: Kudo. * I Want Grandkids: Ueda's mom comments that Miss Amamiya has the right shape to get many children, hint hint. * Jerkass: Tsugawa * The Mafia * Massive Numbered Siblings: Ueda has eight, and seven of them are sisters. * Miniature Senior Citizens: Ueda's mother. * Plucky Comic Relief: Ueda * Private Detective: Finds out that a big union boss is customer in an S&M club. * Ronald Reagan * Salaryman: The main characters * The Series: There's an anime made in 1987/88 (25 episodes of 25 minutes each). You can also find it on YouTube (at least, parts of it). * She Is Not My Girlfriend: Ueda has to correct his mother's impression that Miss Amamiya is this. * Tsundere: Miss Amamiya has some of it. * Visual Pun: When Ueda admits he likes America, she comments: "He must be an alien." In this panel, he is drawn as The Alien. * When You Coming Home, Dad?: Tsugawa * Your Cheating Heart: Tsugawa has an affair with an Italian woman - and Kudo knows.
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