A Modern Economic History of Japan: Sho Ga Nai - It Is What It Is

The modern economic history of Japan is an extraordinary tale. The country rose over the course of just a hundred and twenty odd years from outright backwardness to the elite tier of the most advanced economies. This was a unique achievement, and one realised despite the nation succumbing to a damaging interlude of ugly totalitarianism and subsequently suffering the most demoralising of military defeats.
If Japan’s progress before World War II was impressive, the decades following its subju...