A Unique Perspective on Japan's Cultural Identity Whether you saw the original airings of the Brady Bunch, the reruns in syndication, or just some memes, you know that it was all about the conventionally beautiful older sister Marcia—often at the expense of the middle sister, Jan. I've always thought of Japan as the Jan Brady of Asia—so much going for it, but often eclipsed by neighboring China. As a Japan watcher since the 1980s, I believed Japan would finally overtake Chin