When Japan was defeated, the economy almost collapsed and people starved to death everywhere. The United States spends millions of dollars every day to keep the country running. But Japan can rise from the ruins in just a few decades, and what is important is the experience and technology accumulated before the war. Although World War II destroyed Japan's economy, Japan's technical experience is still there.

First, after World War II, Japan's economic development has roughly experienced three development periods:

1, 1945- 1955 is a period of economic recovery and development in Japan. During this period, with the support of the United States, Japan's economy started in an all-round way and recovered rapidly. Industrial production has exceeded the highest level before and during the war, and the average national consumption has reached the pre-war level. Pig iron, crude steel, chemical fiber, electronics, automobiles and other products have increased greatly.

2. 1956- 1973 is the extensive application of scientific and technological achievements and has entered a period of rapid economic growth. During this period, Japan made full use of the achievements of the third scientific and technological revolution, firmly grasped the golden period (1950s-1970s) in the history of capitalist development, formulated the export-oriented economic development strategy in time, adjusted the domestic industrial structure, and industrial production jumped sharply, with an average annual growth rate exceeding 10%, making it the second economic power in the world after the United States.

The period from 3.65438 to 0973 was a period of low economic growth under the shadow of the crisis. Although Japan's economic development slowed down during this period due to the economic crisis, it still maintained a high economic growth rate compared with other capitalist countries. 197 1- 1975, with an average annual growth rate of 5.5%. 1970- 1980, Japan's gross domestic product rose 3.2 times, and the gross national product of 1995 still reached 5 trillion US dollars.

The achievement of all the above achievements can be described as a miracle in the history of world economic development, which cannot but make people gasp in admiration and think deeply.

(1) Japan has carried out extensive social reforms, further abolished the feudal backward factors in production relations and laid the foundation for economic development. ② American support for Japan. (3) demilitarize the national economy and carry out economic construction. (4) Formulating an export-oriented economic development strategy, introducing the most advanced science and technology, adjusting the domestic industrial structure and promoting exports. For example, in the late 1960s, Japan became one of the largest TV producers in the world and exported a large number of TVs. At that time, Japanese-made fibers and black-and-white TV sets were exported to the United States, exceeding the110 imported by the United States, thus causing trade friction between the United States and Japan. The illustration "TV Factory in Japan in the late 1960s" in the text reflects the mass production of Japanese TV sets in the late 1960s. ⑤ Actively develop education and cultivate talents. 1950, the penetration rate of nine-year compulsory education in Japan has reached 99%; From 65438 to 0970, 23.6% of high school students were admitted to universities. The development of education provides high-quality talents for economic modernization. ⑥ During the Korean War and the Vietnam War, a large number of military and logistical materials ordered by the US military further stimulated the development of Japan's economy, which quickly became active.

After 1980s, Japan stepped up the development of high-tech industries, which promoted the steady economic development.

According to statistics, from 1960 to 1970, the average annual growth of Japanese industrial production was 16%, and the average annual growth of the gross national product was 1 1.3%. From 65438 to 0968, Japan's gross national product surpassed that of the Federal Republic of Germany and became the second largest economic country in the capitalist world after the United States. 1986, Japan's gold reserves reached 42 1 billion dollars, ranking second in the world; 1987, Japan's foreign exchange reserves surpassed that of the Federal Republic of Germany, ranking first in the world. 1988, Japan's per capita income reached 19000 US dollars, exceeding the US's 18000 US dollars in the same period. From 65438 to 0988, according to the authoritative American Business Week, among the top 30 companies in the world, Japan accounted for 22. With the strengthening of economic strength, Japan began to seek the status of a political power.