The Japanese miracle

In August 1945, Japan was in the ruins and it's land occupied by a foreign army.

Half a century later, Japan was the second greatest industrial power in the world

Japan has made a dramatic recovery from the war

Japan's rapid emergence as an economic giant had after been described as the "Japanese miracle"

Politics and government

Japan's new constitution embodied the principles of the universal suffrage and a balance of power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches

Japan today is a stable democratic society

Also the Japanese political system retains some of Japan's nineteenth century political system under the Meiji

Japan has two major parties, the liberal democrats and the socialists

Japan's economic system has been described as "state capitalism"