Ep. 1670 Japan RISING as a Civilization State!!!

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <span lang="EN" style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;" xml:lang="EN">In this episode, as I am in Japan now, I wanted to talk about the rise of Japan as a civilization state.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">Highlights: </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 8.0pt;" xml:lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<span style= "background: white; mso-highlight: white;">A lot of scholars have argued that Japan was actually more or less the original civilization state.</span>”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 8.0pt;" xml:lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">“Japan was a unique civilization state in that it’s civilization and it’s state overlapped entirely<span style= "background: white; mso-highlight: white;">.”</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">Resources: </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style= "font