Japan
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 6, 2025 by David Senra · said 123 times in 34 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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2026 28 mentions in 5 episodes 6 per episode
2025 48 mentions in 8 episodes 6 per episode
- The Life Story of Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
- Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage
- How Larry Ellison Thinks
- Lessons from Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters
- Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder
- Rare Steve Jobs’s Rare Interview
- The Life Story of Michael Dell
- The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood: Michael Ovitz
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2024 46 mentions in 20 episodes 2 per episode
- Listen to this when you’re stressed: The Life of Alistair Urquhart
- The World's Great Family Dynasties: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Morgan, & Toyada
- James Dyson (Against the Odds)
- The Making of Winston Churchill Part 1
- Yvon Chouinard (Founder of Patagonia)
- David Packard (Founder of HP)
- The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Japan, oldest first
May 6, 2025 neutral
Sony printed 'Made in Japan' extremely small to hide poor national reputation
“In fact, one of the astonishing things in the early days of Sony, the reputation of poor quality for Japanese products was so well known that in the early days, Sony would print made in Japan as small as possible on its products. So sometimes it was so small, …”
Jun 28, 2026 positive
Honda was the only Japanese manufacturer to reject government import protections
“At this time, there's a lot of other people in Japan trying to petition the government to essentially stop importing foreign goods and essentially protect their goods. And Honda is the only one of these manufacturers that doesn't vote for this.”