The Japanese attempt to seize control in Eastern Asia and the Pacific during the Second World War resulted in a devastating defeat. While this caused much suffering, the Japanese were eager to rise up once more and join, if not surpass, the leading powers of the world. Japan managed to do so much quicker than Germany, its partner in WWII, even though Germany possessed higher technology before the war and Japanese land was damaged more. There were many factors that favored Japan that made this difference, but the main factor was U.S. involvement. Japan had a huge advantage in ?rebuilding? itself after the war by receiving help from its former enemy, the United States. Japan had a legacy of quick growth and adaptation since the 1800?s, in which U.S. was involved in from the start. Certain factors after the war urged Japan to grow, and the U.S. sparked a chain of events that led Japan to its economic peak, the bubble of the 1980?s. The first sign of their ability as a nation to adapt to new ways quickly appeared when few black ships arrived in feudal Japan.…
