Economic Recovery in Japan

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Economic Recovery in Japan

• By Joseph Mayo
• Joseph Quinones

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The Bombing
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The End of World War II

• By the end of World War II, nearly all of Japans
  cities and industries had lay in ruins.
• Japan at this time needed all the help they could
  get, in order for Japan to get back on its feet.
• The U.S. saw this opportunity and than acted
  quickly.

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A New Constitution

• There was a new constitution that was calling for
  a democratically elected legislature ( the Diet
  ).
• The Diet is responsible for selecting the Prime
  Minister.
• This constitution was put into effect in 1947.

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Lets Call Peace

• In 1951, both the Allies and Japan signed an
  official peace treaty.
• This treaty took away all of Japans colonial
  possessions and also allowed Japan to rearm for
  defensive and internal (police) purposes only.
• The Soviet Union had signed a separate agreement
  with Japan 5 years later in 1956.

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Flag of Japan
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Lets Call Peace cont.

• In 1952, the U.S. and Japan signed a mutual
  defense pact.
• This agreement had allowed U.S. troops to stay in
  Japan for an indefinite amount of time.
• In 1972, the Japanese island Okinawa and other
  possessions were given back to Japan.

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Industry Growth

• Japans industry was growing rapidly after the
  1950s.
• Thanks to the help of the U.S. Japans automobiles
  and electronics industries were becoming
  especially successful.
• The Japanese became very resourceful at copying
  existing plans and then manufacturing them with
  new improvements to make the products better and
  cheaper.

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Second Strongest and Largest

• Japan at this time, was making a lot of money
  from manufacturing and exporting goods all over
  the world.
• They became the second and largest economy, right
  behind the U.S.
• As the 20th century came along a lot of products
  were made from Japan, this showed their
  domination of products in Asia and around the
  world.

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Times Have Changed

• If you purchased a product in the 1950s with the
  label Made in Japan people thought it was made
  cheap and poorly.
• But as the 1990s came along if you purchased a
  product without the label Made in Japan people
  assumed that you were cheap and couldnt afford
  the better Japanese product.

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From Nothing to Something
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Fun Facts

• Japanese high school students arent allowed to
  have a part time job.
• Two Japanese cars were named after rice, Toyota
  and Honda.
• Normally, Japanese kitchens didnt have ovens.
• There are about 200 volcanoes in Japan.

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The End!