Japanization
- a word derived from Japanize.
Example Sentences
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He is a former columnist for Barron’s and Bloomberg and the author of Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
"Overall, we believe that China can avoid a prolonged period of sub-par growth with the right policies," Srinivasan said, when asked about the chance of "Japanization" in China.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023
Akira Kurosawa's Japanization of the classic comedy by Gorky boils with demonic energy and rocks with yea-saying laughter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But another reason for the Japanization of American baseball is, simply, the Americanization of Japanese baseball.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Says Mr. George Lynch in the Nineteenth Century:— ``I know of no movement more pregnant with possibilities than this now in progress which makes towards the Japanization of China.
From New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening by Brown, Arthur Judson