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After World War II, why can Japan re-emerge after several decades and become the third largest economy in the world?
In 1930s and 1940s, Japanese imperialism launched a war of aggression against the vast Asia-Pacific region, including China. The burning, killing and looting by the Japanese army not only caused deep suffering to the local people, but also brought huge losses to Japan with the gradual reversal of the war situation. Under the American air strikes, Japanese cities burst into flames and countless houses and factories were destroyed. All this is undoubtedly the evil result of Japanese militarism. They have brought suffering to people in other countries. In the end, what goes around comes around. They also went through all this and paid the price for their crimes. In 1950s, Japan's economy grew rapidly. In the 1960s, Japan's economy took off. From 65438 to 0968, Japan's economic strength surpassed Germany, the largest economic power in western Europe, and became the third largest country in the world, only next to the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Japanese government did not play an important role in the economic recovery. Japan's future glory mainly depends on a group of industrialists with national feelings, such as Honda, Toyota, Sony, Canon and other corporate brands. It is these entrepreneurs who have a sense of social responsibility, exert their talents, strive to keep product prices unchanged, and work hard in the fields of steel, manufacturing, petroleum, optical lenses and electronic products, laying the foundation for Japan's economic take-off.

In order to develop the economy to a greater extent, the Japanese government changed the original "Ministry of Commerce and Industry" to "Ministry of International Trade and Industry". As the name implies, the so-called "Ministry of Industry and Commerce" is to use government regulations to manage and guide the production of enterprises, especially heavy industries such as steel and oil. The establishment of the "Ministry of International Trade and Industry" really promoted Japan's economic recovery after the war.

After the baptism of the war, the pre-war living and production equipment and supporting facilities have long since disappeared. Facing the dilapidated booths, if Japan wants to return to the normal production road, it must first solve the problems of building new factories, adding new equipment and introducing new technologies. Many American companies saw the plight of the Japanese and smelled a lot of cheap labor in Japan, so they went to Japan to invest and build factories. American companies are invisible while exploiting Japanese labor.

Traditional education is also closely related to economic development. Japan is a country that attaches great importance to education. They regard study as a top priority. For example, they worship the story of the great philosopher Ergong respecting virtue in the Edo era. Ninomiya sontoku is a person who loves learning. When I was a child, my husband respected Germany and read books while walking. After the war, Japan used the story of two men respecting morality to encourage Japanese children to study hard and be thrifty. The thought of respecting morality of two public officials became the spiritual pillar of postwar Japan to some extent.