Contemporary Japan

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Postwar reform and reconstruction of Japan during the MacArthur era; reasons for Japan's rapid economic development in the 1950s and 1960s; political, trade, and economic development in the 1970s and 1980s; the economic stagnation of the 1990s; issues and questions about democracy in Japan since World War II; challenges Japan faces in its relations with other nations; questions of remilitarization; Japan's struggle to be competitive; and Japan's balancing role in the Asia Pacific Region.