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human
ELI5:How did Japan make such a quick and powerful cultural and economic comeback following the dismantlement of the imperial government and culture?
gpt
Because America basically rebuilt them in its own industrialized image after WWII. We learned our lesson after leaving WWI Germany to languish and decided that we needed to put Japan on solid footing. So we turned them into an industrial superpower in the hopes that they wouldn't feel the need to try to take over Asia again.