Japan's Economic Development

JAPAN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In the following paper I will be examining the process of economic development in Japan. I begin with their history in the Meiji period and how that effected their great success in the postwar development. Then I will go through the different economic stages of economic development in postwar Japan. I will examine the high periods and low period in Japan economics, and the factors behind these shifts in development. Last I …

…have been in many recessions. Though Japan has had such struggles they have always managed to overcome them. I feel that their strength in the international market will be here for many years to come. BIBLIOGRAPHY Hayao, Kenji. The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Policy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. Smith, Dennis B. Japan since 1945: The Rise of an Economic Superpower. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Smith, Patrick. Japan a Reinterpretation. New York: Vintage Books, 1997.