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Japan Officially Gets Leapfrogged By The Four Asian Tigers [Chart]

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Throughout the decades in the 1950s and 1960s, the Japanese economy was envied for its unrelenting growth.

Dubbed the “Post-War Miracle”, this period of time saw Japan become a global center of manufacturing and exports. Japanese brands such as Toyota, Sony, Honda, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, and Canon would become household names worldwide. By the 1960s, Japan catapulted to become the second largest economy in the world.

Japan Officially Gets Leapfrogged By The Four Asian Tigers

Source: Visual Capitalist

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