Kammala wannan jumlar: Allies sun mamaye Japan har zuwa 1952, lokacin da aka kafa sabon kundin tsarin mulki a 1947 wanda ya canza Japan zuwa masarautar tsarin mulki. Bayan 1955, Japan ta ji daɗin haɓaka tattalin arziƙi sosai a ƙarƙashin mulkin Liberal Democratic Party, kuma ta zama cibiyar tattalin arziƙin duniya. Tun lokacin da aka rasa shekarun 1990s, ci gaban tattalin arziki ya ragu. A ranar 11 ga Maris, 2011, Japan ta sha wahala daga
Girgizar kasa mai karfin maki 9.0 da tsunami, daya daga cikin girgizar kasa mafi karfi da aka taba yin rikodin ta, wanda ya kashe kusan mutane 20,000 kuma ya haifar da mummunar bala'in nukiliyar Fukushima Daiichi.