University of Massachusetts Boston COURSE WORLD CULT Asian the Japanese government take to propel Japan

Write a 250-350 word posting to answer Part A, and approximately 250-350 words to answer Part B. Part A: What measures did the Japanese government take to propel Japan into a period of affluence? In what way was the year 1964 a turning point? To what extent can the government receive credit for Japan’s high rate of growth in the post-war years? Were international factors also important? Part B: What were the positive effects of affluence in late twentieth century Japan? For whom were these benefits a reality? What were the negative side-effects? Who tended to be left out of the economic advances of the period, and why do you think that was so? reading sets: Japan: A Modern History, by James L. McClain ISBN: 978-0393977202 Page 599-632 Pleases do intext citation thanks