>Didn't the Japanese buy up an immense amount of u.s. real estate in the
>'80s, so much that various 'nativists' were getting upset about a
>Japanese 'plot' to control land etc in the u.s.? And didn't they have to
>sell most of this land at a loss later on?
Yup they did, and much else besides. Mostly to their regret, too.
Doug