How the Korean War Kickstarted Japan’s Economic Miracle #OOTD #shorts
Just five years after WWII, Japan’s economy was in ruins—factories idle, unemployment soaring, and reconstruction dragging on. Then came the Korean War.
When the U.S. and UN forces mobilized in 1950, Japan became their logistical hub. Trucks, steel, uniforms, canned food—Tokyo supplied it all. These “special procurements” pumped over $3 billion into Japan’s economy within a few years. Industrial output exploded, jobs returned, and the gears of Japan’s postwar recovery began to turn.
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Director: Astrid Deinhard
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7 Comments
War: good for few, bad for most.
Want your economy to boom? Profit from war!
Goes to show that Japan wasn't yet done exploiting Korea for one last time…
We are Rome. We beat you and then incorporate you into the next war effort.
Whether korea likes it or not, it seems japan profits from korea in the 20th century
What would they need cat food for?
I think it’d be interesting to see a movie made about a Japanese soldier who survived WW2, then has to keep his family alive in the postwar years, then sees Japan rebuild and expand in the 50s on. I never can find much on that specific period in Japan, or much about Japanese veterans in general. With all of the brutality Japanese soldiers committed, I’d think it’d be interesting to take a look at how they adjusted and dealt with it when they got back.
Lots of soldiers needed comfort women
Gift by their Kami samas