The underlying thesis seems to be that Japan doesn't have a thriving software economy due to things that happened 40 years ago?
hardly the main point as those instances of piracy of IBM software was due to lack of proper trade laws
video points to cultural issue of not valuing software engineers due to many competing engineering fields around this time which were deemed more traditional
1:09: 1925
1:14: 1938
1:28: 1949
2:18 1964
4:15: 1969
5:20: 1971
6:41 1976
12:02: 1984
14:32: 1987
15:17: 1995
17:57: 1999
18:05: 2003
19:36: END OF VIDEO
Maybe he should rename this video "Why WAS Japan So Weak in Software" and make a follow-up that actually deserves the title "Why IS Japan So Weak in Software", with an explanation of why Japan hasn't caught up in the last 20 years not covered by this video.