The Leading Industrial State Of Eastern Asia And Of The Non-Western World, Japan

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Term Paper Title	The Leading Industrial State Of Eastern Asia And Of The Non-Western World, Japan
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     The leading industrial state of Eastern Asia and of the non-Western world, Japan rivals the most advanced economic powers of the West.  It rose rapidly from a crushing military defeat in World War II to achieve the fastest-growing economy of any major country in the postwar period.  Today only the United States out produces it, although the industrialization of China poses a strong challenge.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 launched Japan onto the road of modernization.  The Japanese skillfully developed the technological base for modern industry and built their country into a leading world power.  Set back temporarily by wartime destruction and the consequences of military defeat, Japan has again become a world power.  This time, however, its reputation is based not on armed mite but on the productivity of its peacetime industry.
The Japanese people enjoy an unprecedented supply of goods.  Their swelling cities, paced by the giant metropolis of Tokyo, are as modern as urban centers anywhere in the world.  Japanese people face the problems that most inhabitants of great cities everywhere face overcrowded housing, inadequate waste-disposal facilities, air and water pollution, and traffic congestion.
In few other places in the world do the values and traditions of the past continue to flourish so strongly alongside the ideas and practices of the present. The persisting contrast between the new and the old, the modern and the traditional, is one of the most characteristic features of present-day Japan.
Urbanization, industrialization, and modern transportation and communication rapidly changed the Japanese way of life, the effect of these developments being keenly felt not only in the cities, but also in the countryside.  However, beneath Japan's "new look" lie the deep-seated customs and institutions of traditional Japanese culture, in religion, in politics, and especially in family life.  The people of Japan largely continue to respect and honor their past.  Their society as a whole continues to adhere to the concepts of personal loyalty and obligation that have been a tradition through the ages.
Japan ranks high in population density and eighth in population among the world's countries.  Its capital, Tokyo, is one of the world's largest cities.  Japan's spectacular economic growth is the greatest of any country between 1955 and 1990.  It has brought the country to the forefront of the world economy.  The phrase economic miracle has been use...

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