Chapter 9
∗ During the 1950s and mid-1960s, Japan experienced what is widely described as the ‘economic miracle’, which transformed the nation from wartime devastation to the world’s second-largest economy by 1966. As a result, Japan came to dominate a range of industries including steel, ship-building, semiconductors, automobiles and consumer electronics. Akihabra area (as shown) in the picture is considered to be the main centre for electronic goods in Tokyo. In recent years, it has also gained fame as a centre of gaming, manga and animation culture.
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