Nyorera kupfuurira kwendima iyi - MaAllies akatora Japan kusvikira muna 1952, mukati maizvozvo bumbiro idzva rakagamuchirwa muna 1947 iro rakashandura Japan kuva umambo hunodzorwa nomutemo. Pashure pa1955, Japan yakafarikanya kukura kwezvemari kwakakwirira zvikuru pasi pokutonga kweLiberal Democratic Party, uye yakava simba renyika rezvemari. Kubvira paMakore gumi Akarasika ema1990, kukura kwezvoupfumi kwadzikira. Musi wa11 March 2011, kuJapan kwakaitika kudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami yaiva nesimba rakakura zvikuru
, rimwe remadengenyeka ane simba zvikuru akamborekodwa, iro rakauraya vanhu vanenge 20 000 uye rakaparira ngwavaira yenyukireya yakakomba yeFukushima Daiichi.