HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Treaty Of San Francisco, Douglas Macarthur, Zaibatsu
Document Summary
Occupation (1945-1951: general douglas macarthur, scap: supreme commander of the allied powers. Goals: demilitarize japan and install democracy, emperor question: not a manifest god anymore. After occupation: 9/9/1951: san francisco peace treaty: marked the end of allied occupation. Japan was an independent state: significance of occupation. Japan became a close ally of the us. Economic growth: 1950-1990: late 1950s japan"s gdp rate: 9. 1% a year, 1960s-1980s, 10% a year, 1970s-80s: avg. income passed us in 1986. Rise of japanese economy: 3 stages. 1950s: priority production system: coal, steel, and heavy industries. 1960s and 70s: consumer products and automobiles for export markets. Established in 1949, a link between the japanese government and private industry. Miti provided protection from import competition, technological intelligence. Helped in licensing foreign technology, accessed to foreign exchange. Industrialized in meiji period helped to build efficient modern factories: domestic consumption and rising living standards propelled economic boom. Japanese trade policies: protected domestic market; aggressive exportation.
