Sara Hsu

 Japan’s geography  Followed Western nations in industrialization  Population (see map)  Industrialization (see map)

 Tokugawa through Meiji Closing off to trade after encounter with Westerners Government decline Meiji Restoration Tax revenue Government enterprises

 Meiji Technological know-how Infrastructure Monetary and fiscal systems Textile and shipping Agriculture Compulsory education

 WWI to WWII Heavy industry WWI and exports Post WWI lag Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce Ministry of Commerce and Industry Japanese invasion of China

 Post-WWII to Korean War Post-WWII occupation by Allies Rural and urban restructuring Dodge Plan “Rationalization” Booming economy with Korean War

 Post-Korean War to Eighties  Post-Korean War slump  Increase in domestic demand  Import liberalization  Second agricultural revolution  Booming in sixties and seventies  Financial economy in eighties

 Industrial power grew between 1881 and 1937  Accompanied by increase in capital stock and horsepower  Started with textile industry  Located from Tokyo through Nagoya and Osaka, to Fukuoka in the northern part of Kyushu

 At the end of the nineteenth century, inventions such as scientific measuring instruments, armaments, textiles and food industry inventions were created.  After World War II, additional technology was transferred to Japan from the West.

 Japan focused on industrialization and improvement of innovation during the Meiji period  Japan focused on light industry and then textile industry  Post-WWII decline was countered by pro- reindustrialization policies

 Zaibatsu refer to large, family-controlled banking and industrial conglomerates in Japan  The four largest zaibatsu before WWII were: Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Yasuda

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