The sheer number of people that collaborated with the Japanese is mind-boggling. South Korea, Indonesia, Myanmar, etc were all run by ex-Imperial Japanese officers after WW2. Even in China, the factions that fought against the Japanese were educated and trained by them.
Kenkoku’s enduring ideological contributions was its inculcation of a state-led vision of industrialization and economic construction. Manchukuo itself practiced state economic planning from 1937 onward, intent on exporting the Japanese technocratic tradition across Asia. This is essentially what China, Japan, SK, Taiwan did. Huge success.
Kenkoku’s enduring ideological contributions was its inculcation of a state-led vision of industrialization and economic construction. Manchukuo itself practiced state economic planning from 1937 onward, intent on exporting the Japanese technocratic tradition across Asia. This is essentially what China, Japan, SK, Taiwan did. Huge success.
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