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Japan Since 1945

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1.

Japan After WWII

Contemporary Japanese History: since 1945
Photo by saotin
2.

Potsdam Declaration

July 26, 1945
3.

Endure the Unendurable

August 15, 1945
4.

Facts

  • 2.1m soldiers killed
  • 700,000 civilians
  • 9m homeless (pop=72 m)
  • 2m workers without jobs
  • 1/3 of country's wealth gone
5.

Untitled Slide

6.

Struggling for survival

42% of urban areas gone, 1/2 of large cities gone
7.

FACTS

  • 10% of pop. overseas came home; not heroes
  • height/weight went down
  • black market/inflation (6x)
8.

Occupation

General Douglas macarthur
9.

Goals

  • democratization
  • dismember empire
  • revise constitution
  • dissolve zaibatsu
  • cut connections with Shinto
  • took 6 years
10.

Demilitarization

11.

Democratization

A new Constitution
12.

KEY CHANges

  • emperor as symbol
  • no more Shinto
  • voting rights to women
  • Article 9 peace clause
13.

I AM HUMAN bUT...

January 1, 1946
Photo by Imahinasyon Photography
14.

Decentralization

zaibatsu, UNions, land reforms (big!), education
15.

REVERSE COURSE

  • Rise of communisim
  • Keep conglomerates
  • Clamp down on labor unions
  • Red purge
  • Self defence forces (Korean War)
16.

Tokyo war Crimes

May 3, 1946-November 12, 1948
Photo by R. Lanning
17.

What Public LEARNED

  • Massacre of Nanking in 1938
  • 7 had been hanged
  • The emperor left out
18.

Victor's justice

who was responsible? Hirohito?
Photo by Scott*
19.

FACTS

  • Involved in key meetings
  • 1m civilians died in Philippines
  • 36,000 prisoners died in captivity
  • BUT without emperor...
20.

KOREAN WAR

1951-1953
Photo by Au Kirk
21.

yoshida shigeru

a lasting influence
Photo by Dakiny
22.

san fransisco peace treaty

september 8, 1951
23.

HIGH SPEED GROWTH

  • 1955 GDP, 1/15th of US
  • 41% on farms
  • Korean War boost
  • Toyota, Nissan, Kubota
24.

UrBan Life Transformed

  • 2DK
  • Danchi
  • sanshu no jingi (washing machine, refrig, BW tv) 1955
Photo by _namtaf_
25.

income doubling

  • MITI
  • gyosei shido
  • by end of 1960s 2nd place in capitalist nations (10% growth each year!)
Photo by GotCredit
26.

PolLution

minamata
Photo by Gurumustuk Singh
27.

US-Japan Security Treaty

Ampo
28.

Vietnam War

used by the U.S.
Photo by rgmcfadden
29.

University Riots

  • mass education
  • examination hell
  • Today medical school
  • Police force
30.

OLYMPICS

1964
Photo by solmarch
31.

Nixon Shocks

  • no more gold standard
  • travel to China
  • graph on page 120
Photo by x-ray delta one
32.

world-wide oil shock

  • opportunity for Japan
  • beginning of steady growth higher than in other countries
Photo by nestor galina
33.

LEFTIST SHocKS

Asama Lodge Incident and TV Journalism
34.

reversion of okinawa

May 15, 1972
35.

reversion of okinawa

  • Who was it for?
  • What choices?
  • Why is it still a problem?
  • Is it just and fair?
36.

trade friction

Japan as #1
37.

scandals and corruption

Just like anywhere else?
Photo by aesedepece
38.

Public works

pork barrel here too!
Photo by taberandrew
39.

life on the farms

72% - 38% - 5%
Photo by TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)
40.

urbanization

smaller, crowded, alienation
Photo by williamcho
41.

sarariman

7-11 working machines
Photo by Alberto Carrasco-Casado
42.

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43.

middle class

keeping up with the Sato's
Photo by woodleywonderworks
44.

immigrants

brazilians, chinese, koreans, caucausians, blacks
Photo by InSapphoWeTrust
45.

1990

A dividing line
Photo by fiahless
46.

plaza accord

did it work?
Photo by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
47.

disparate society

rich and poor
Photo by zilverbat.
48.

ldp decline

where will Japanese Politics go?
Photo by nofrills
49.

reforms

privatization: good or bad or both?
Photo by Peter Glyn
50.

it bubble

horiemon
Photo by Jeff Kubina
51.

cool japan

something to export? manga? Food?
Photo by MIKI Yoshihito (´･ω･)
52.

lehman shock

 everything is connected
Photo by conorwithonen
53.

3/11

lack of preparation
Photo by Jun Teramoto
54.

china/s. korea/n. korea

who
Photo by heuristicus
55.

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Timothy Phelan

http://timothyjphelan.com