abstract:The economic history of Japan is most studied for the spectacular social and economic growth in the 1800s after the Meiji Restoration, when it became the first non-European power, and for the expansion after the Second World War, when Japan recovered from devastation to become the world's third largest economy behind the United States and China. Scholars have evaluated the nation's unique economic position during the Cold War, with exports going to both U.
When the economichistoryofJapan is written years down the road, Haruhiko Kuroda's first monetary policy meeting as the governor of the country's central bank is most likely to get a prominent mention.