大部分经济学家否定了这些“修正主义”观点，指出日本的经常项目盈余很大程度上是由高国民储蓄率造成的，而高国民储蓄率体现了人口结构，而不是文化差异或政府政策。
Most economists rejected these “revisionist” views, and argued that Japan’s current-account surplus was large because its national saving rate was high, which reflected demographics, not cultural differences or government policies.