After being taught a lesson multiple times by the Chinese and American business circles, the Japanese now think, I won't even bother building the road; I just heard there might be a road here in the future.
So, I'll just go ahead and set up a toll booth and start collecting fees in advance.
That way, you won't be able to build a new road somewhere else to avoid my charges.
The Japanese are applying this new logic in the refrigeration industry.
The industrial refrigeration industry used to rely on liquid nitrogen for cooling. It's cheap and effective, but it's very unsafe.
Flammable, explosive, volatile, and toxic.
Later, refrigeration companies worldwide collectively started researching to find something to replace liquid nitrogen.
Eventually, two potential solutions were discovered.
