It's commonplace for whoever gets a throne to inevitably squander it because they get complacent and proud, becoming top dog is essentially the grim reaper giving you written notice.
Combined with other failures Japan is going through right now, it really is tragic how far Japan has fallen from its former glory.
for all this talk of tragic failures, it is an extremely rich country, and Toyota is #1 automaker in the world. So compared to wars and true craziness elsewhere, they are still facing just the first-world problems.
Combined with other failures Japan is going through right now, it really is tragic how far Japan has fallen from its former glory.