airtel helpdesk: 01144444555 35951552 After World War II had ended, Japan was devastated.

All the large cities (with t he exception of Kyoto), the industries and the transportation networks were seve rely damaged. A severe shortage of food continued for several years. Following the Second World War, Japan was in ruins. The atomic bombs had decimat ed two of the countries manufacturing centers, and killed hundreds of thousands. Many thought it would be safe to assume that the Japanese would not become a vi able competitor in the global economy for generations. However, Japan defied mos t economists and began to surge forward. The Japanese elected a British-style ca binet system, the Emperor renounced his status, and a new constitution came into effect in 1947. Japan went on to limit military spending, and promoted exportat ion of Japanese products. Japan became a pioneering nation with respect to devel oping new technologies, and even refining those designed elsewhere. They drastic ally increased funding for research and development, and soon became a major tec hnology exporter all over the globe, with the emergence of very powerful and suc cessful companies like Sony. Read more at Suite101: The Economic Rise of Japan and OPEC: Japan, OPEC, and the ir Increased Influence in World Affairs http://www.suite101.com/content/how-thewest-was-lost-a120198#ixzz1ApzywSfh

Tokyo, once a metropolis that rivaled London and New York, was a wasteland of rubble and ash, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki lay flattened by atomic blast. The country was prostrate economically, its factories at a standstill and its food s upplies barely sufficient to keep its people alive. The mass of the population were exhausted, disillusioned, and apprehensive, glad that the suffering was at an en d but fearful of what was to come next. demilitarisation of the country and the prohibition of rearmament diverted skills, capital and energy once spent on war preparations to civilian sectors Japanese firms gained access to the most advanced technologies at a limited cost by making licensing arrangements with American companies. Thus, w ithout making heavy investments in research and development, its industry caught up wit h new technologies