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Struggles to Maintain Independence. Japan. -Japan: What happened during the occupation? How did Japan change and recover after WWII?. Devonna McClinton & Nicholas Young. Thesis.
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Struggles to Maintain Independence Japan -Japan: What happened during the occupation? How did Japan change and recover after WWII? Devonna McClinton & Nicholas Young
Thesis World War II allowed Japan to create a vital economy through ideas of reform and ideals that transition from a strong industrial based society to a society based on western ideals.
Changes to Japan • Government • New Constitution • Yoshida Doctrine • Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida • Iron Triangle • Economy • Trade surpluses 1970 • Technological advances 1980 • Revision of the Yen 1985 • Welfare 1961
JAPAN POST-WWII • Economy • Economic boost • Bubble economy • Trade unions • Militarization • After WWII Japan was to completely disarm • When the Cold war started America Let them Build an Army
Japan Post Occupation • Society • Modernization caused... • Decrease in birth rate • Crowed land and poorly housed people • Elimination of extended and nuclear families
Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1998. Print. Rothney, John A.M, and Carter V. Findley. Twentieth-century World. Wadsworth Pub, 2011. Print. Work Cited