Government 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reform War, Constitution Of Japan, Product Lifecycle
18 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
China&and&heavy&industrialization
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Japanese&colonialism&and®ional&economic&integration
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Historical&Legacies:&Pre&WWII&(cont.)
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Declining&(sunset)&industries&shifted&to&cheaper&producers&in&its&
colonies&as&Japan&moved&up&the&product&ladder
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Colonies&supplies&raw&materials,&light&manufactures
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Ideology&of&state-led&development&and&import&substitution
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Japan's&colonialism&left&behind&a&bureaucracy,&some&industrial&
infrastructure,&somewhat&educated&population
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Pre&WWII:&Japan&dominated&the&product-cycle&diffusion&pattern
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Legacies&of&Colonialism
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Defeat&(and&rise)&of&Japan
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Sino-US&relations
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Division&of&Korea
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Alliance&patterns
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Post&WWII&Historical&Legacies:&the&Cold&War&in&East&Asia
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Political&reform
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War&crimes&trials
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"the&Japanese&people&forever&renounce&war&as&a&sovereign&
right&of&the&nation&and&the&threat&or&use&of&force&as&means&of&
settling&international&disputes.&In&order&to&accomplish&the&aim&
of&the&preceding¶graph,&land,&sea,&and&air&forces,&as&well&
as&other&war&potential,&will&never&be&maintained."&
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Rewriting&the&Japanese&constitution&(article&9)
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US&plans&for&de-militarization&and&de-industrialization
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The&Fall&and&Rise&of&Japan:&Crushing&an&Enemy&(1945-1947)
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Support&for&revived&economy,&opening&of&US&markets
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Release&of&a&large&number&of&war&criminals
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Support&for&political&conservatives
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US&committed&to&defending&Japan□
Japan&made&no&commitment&to&defend&the&US□
Japan&sets&up&"Self&Defense&Forces"□
Security&commitment&(1951)
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Rapid&economic&growth
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Economic&influence&in&East&Asia
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By&the&1980's,&Japan's&version&of&capitalism&was&seen&as&threatening&
to&the&US
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Fear&of&communism&in&Asia&changed&US&goals
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The&Fall&and&Rise&of&Japan:&Creating&an&Ally&(1947-)
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February(8,(2017
Tuesday,& March& 7,&2017
12:03&PM
