This is way over exaggerated. It is not that difficult to rebuild structures and buildings. It is a lot more difficult to build a functioning educated society, with high trust in institutions and a functioning bureaucracy.
There is a reason why you can spend 10 times more on an even smaller country like Afghanistan and it is still impoverished.
The monetary support is not exaggerated that's for sure. Japan got 2.2 billion (15 billion today) just from the US alone. Before WW2 I don't think the losing side of a war has ever gotten anything but an endless amount of bills after one.
Again, losing side of the war doesn't get paid (normally). It's the opposite. Also considering the war crimes Japan committed against the Allies it's pretty mind blowing they got a single cent.
There's a cold war going on. It's a little money to keep Japan society from turning the other side.
Japan itself had an educated society and the social structure for a functioning society was largely intact after the War. This helped a lot vs. Other places that the US poured even more money into.
In the end, the us support helped, however, it also depended on the Japanese themselves
Damaged Japan sustained? Tell that to China, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
Oh they should have also netted out the damage from their thing that started it to begin with, Pearl Harbor.
Japan got extremely lucky for the treatment they received post war, they certainly didn’t care to provide the same terms for the countries they ended up invading and pillaging. To this day, many don’t even recognize the extent of the atrocities committed at Nanjing and other conquered areas.
Tokyo is an absolute trip. No matter when you go there it is always like stepping 10 years into the future. I'm a lifelong New Yorker and whenever I get back from Tokyo to NYC, New York feels like a small town in comparison.
hard to be a nimby when there's nothing but debris.
nothing makes for a better opportunity for rebuilding that total destruction; some of the best cities in europe were nothing more than flattened blocks.
This is a mere 20 years after the end of WWII. The reconstruction and progress forward is a credit to them.
I mean the U.S. helped too
Helped destruct?
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We helped rebuild
*Fund the rebuild. Not too often the losing side of war gets reparations from the winner(s).
This is way over exaggerated. It is not that difficult to rebuild structures and buildings. It is a lot more difficult to build a functioning educated society, with high trust in institutions and a functioning bureaucracy.
There is a reason why you can spend 10 times more on an even smaller country like Afghanistan and it is still impoverished.
The monetary support is not exaggerated that's for sure. Japan got 2.2 billion (15 billion today) just from the US alone. Before WW2 I don't think the losing side of a war has ever gotten anything but an endless amount of bills after one.
I'm sorry, but 15 billion is peanuts for the damage that Japan sustained and for a country that size.
Again, losing side of the war doesn't get paid (normally). It's the opposite. Also considering the war crimes Japan committed against the Allies it's pretty mind blowing they got a single cent.
There's a cold war going on. It's a little money to keep Japan society from turning the other side.
Japan itself had an educated society and the social structure for a functioning society was largely intact after the War. This helped a lot vs. Other places that the US poured even more money into.
In the end, the us support helped, however, it also depended on the Japanese themselves
Damaged Japan sustained? Tell that to China, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
Oh they should have also netted out the damage from their thing that started it to begin with, Pearl Harbor.
Japan got extremely lucky for the treatment they received post war, they certainly didn’t care to provide the same terms for the countries they ended up invading and pillaging. To this day, many don’t even recognize the extent of the atrocities committed at Nanjing and other conquered areas.
I'm not talking about the moral argument. I'm talking about the myth that Japan recovered so quickly was because US rebuilt it.
So many cars straight up ignoring the lines on the road 😅
Never go to the Indian subcontinent if this is remarkable to you, you will die of a heart attack upon seeing a road.
Oh I’ve seen videos that make this post look very tame! (also I avoid the interstate in the US so definitely not driving if I ever go 😅)
Reminds me of Thailand. I call Thailand my nickname for it Always Sweaty Japan.
I saw Godzilla knock those buildings down.
I was born in the wrong era
Tokyo is an absolute trip. No matter when you go there it is always like stepping 10 years into the future. I'm a lifelong New Yorker and whenever I get back from Tokyo to NYC, New York feels like a small town in comparison.
It was definitely another world and a city where you could easily spend a month long vacation because it's just so damn big. I absolutely loved Tokyo
hard to be a nimby when there's nothing but debris.
nothing makes for a better opportunity for rebuilding that total destruction; some of the best cities in europe were nothing more than flattened blocks.
Didn't work for Warsaw.
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Crazy how many countries have not achieved this basic minimum.
Looks like North Korea in maybe 15 years if things would go well for their economy