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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: How did Japan become such a powerful nation, while having so little land?
gpt
It's three times the size of England, so you might be thinking it's smaller than it actually is.

After WW2 they had help from the Allies to rebuild their economy, and the Japanese government cut taxes and invested heavily in manufacturing and technology industries.  Japan had a miracle economy from 1960-1980 because they were in position to develop and benefit from a tech boom.