BIOL 040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Industrial Development Bureau, Autocracy, Modernization Theory
31 Jul 2020
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Japan timeline: 1945-1947: us occupation policy focused on democratization & demilitarization. Agricultural reform policy to eradicate land tenancy. People associated with militarism were put on trial. Not those that were needed to run the country. New constitution: give up right to possess armed forces: 1948: reverse course. China slipped into civil war, don"t want the same to happen. Re-establishing japan"s position within global + asian economies. Before occupation: exported consumer goods, imported raw materials. Development in germany vital for recovery in europe, japan for asia. Us provides loans to help rebuild japan economic reason + containment. Fear that economic dislocation leads to communism. Pm yoshida voted in, welcomes reverse course. Sea becomes important trading partner, china no longer possible. China + russia think us wants to re-militarize japan to use it as ally in asia: 1950: us provides extended economic and military aid to indonesia, thailand, burma, french in indochina + korea war.
