Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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, an yi girgizar ƙasa mai ƙarfin awo 9.0 da kuma guguwar tsunami a ƙasar Japan
, daya daga cikin girgizar kasa mafi karfi da aka rubuta, wanda ya kashe kusan mutane 20,000 kuma ya haifar da mummunar bala'in nukiliya na Fukushima Daiichi.