Eastern phoenix : Japan since 1945

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Eastern phoenix : Japan since 1945

Mikiso Hane

Routledge, 2019

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First published: Boulder: Westview Press, 1996

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index

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It has been fifty years since Japan admitted defeat and accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration following World War II. At the time, Japan was in shambles, its imperial dream shattered, and its people reduced to scrounging for sufficient food to stay alive. Yet over the past half century, Japan has remade itself and emerged as one of the lead

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Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The End of the Pacific War -- Political Developments After Independence -- Foreign Relations -- Economic Developments -- Social Conditions -- Education -- Intellectual and Cultural Developments -- From Showa to Heisei -- Appendix: Prime Ministers Since 1945, with Dates of Term Changeovers

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