The Recovery and Resurgence of the Japanese Economy from 1945 TO 1961.

The end of the Pacific War in 1945, should have economically and psychologically spelled doom for Japan. "By the end of the Pacific War the volume of Japan's industrial production was less than thirty per cent of her output in 1936.". "Tokyo was literally three quarters flattened. The Japanese Navy was at the bottom of the sea and so was most of the merchant marine[.]". The Japanese had no exports, no foreign trade, and inflation destroyed all …

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