This video traces the cultural factors fueling Japan’s postwar economic success story through the economic boom of the 1980’s to an explosion in property prices (until the Imperial Palace grounds had the same value as the entire country of Cand a), the price crash and recession which followed, and the adaptations needed for a lower growth, western-style mature economy in the future. Produced by Adam Kemp, directed by John Longley, reported by John Plender for Britain’s Channel Four.