WORLD WAR II
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II
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the industrialists
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the emperor’s family
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the Meji reformers
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the military leaders
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the end of World War II, the present Constitution of Japan was adopted. It replaced the previous Imperial rule with a form of Western-style liberal democracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -During World War II, Japan was an absolute monarchy that was ruled by consent of the Emperor. Most of the decisions of the government were managed by the Emperor’s ministers who governed with his approval. When Emperor Hirohito assumed power in 1926, he mostly kept his father’s cabinet in power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Defeat in World War II brought radical change to Japan. The belief that the state should control either economic or social policy or both, sometimes taking the form of totalitarianism, but not necessarily.
Detailed explanation-4: -The devastated Japanese economy rose quickly from the ashes of World War II. By 1956, real per capita GDP had overtaken the prewar 1940 level. During the recovery period (1945–56), per capita GDP rose at an average annual rate of 7.1%. Recovery was followed by the era of rapid growth era.