Week 3-Japan by Ogee

Japan strategic plan of adjusting to difficulties and sacrificing has allowed the country to reform. A mass reformation required the “destabilizing” (Man, 129) of the country. Due to the state of the country after the wars, reformation also meant restoration but a restoration towards a more modern Japan. Two doctrine provided the measure needed to be taken to make Japan what it is today: The Yoshida Doctrine and the Koizumi Doctrine. The Yoshida doctrine addressed the need to change and sacrifice the country status in order to build up the economy and military. This doctrine allowed Japan to survive by keeping them under the radar and yet participants of the global modernity. When finally, Japan was stable enough and able to join the global world more, the Koizumi doctrine addressed and arranged for the structural destabilization which reformed Japan’s branding both within the country and to the world. Changes to the economy supported the focus on re-educating and building up corporation that Japan is known for such Nissan and Sony. By prioritizing the survival of the military and keeping under the radar, Japan managed to sacrifice enough to be able to survive and achieve their status as a modern country. Eventually, Japan mass reformed their economic and governmental structure to allow for decisions which helped maintain and grow the branding strategy of being the country of technological advance.

Question: Why do you think the military rebuild allowed for such a positive change especially after having lost the war?

Works cited:

Man, Tang Siew. "Japan's Grand Strategic Shift from Yoshida to Koizumi: Reflections on Japan's Strategic Focus in the 21st Century". Akademika 70 (2007): 117-36. Print.

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