Though there is no documented proof, most Cretans believe that Knosses was the site of the famed battle between Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labryinth below King Minos' palace.
In Crete, Knosses is widely believed to be the place Theseus fought the Minotaur in the Labyrinth.
Insofar as the best Japanese corporations are not the global hegemons we once thought they would be, it may be because everyone else has learned from them, which is of course exactly how competitive markets are supposed to work.