John Fredrick Parker
Donor
Suppose that the Korean War is either avoided or is far shorter (and less expensive) than OTL - maybe Stalin doesn’t give the go ahead, maybe Mao loses the Chinese Civil War, or maybe China just doesn’t intervene. In any event - Japan is still defeated by the Allies, but TTL doesn’t get the massive wartime economic stimulus in the early 1950’s.
How does this specific economic change affect this specific country? How, if at all, is the US Occupation affected? How does this prolonged economic hardship affect Japanese society in the short term? How do these changes affect Japan going forward? And how do all these changes, taken together, affect the wider world - be it the dynamics of the Cold War in the East, global pop culture, or what have you?
How does this specific economic change affect this specific country? How, if at all, is the US Occupation affected? How does this prolonged economic hardship affect Japanese society in the short term? How do these changes affect Japan going forward? And how do all these changes, taken together, affect the wider world - be it the dynamics of the Cold War in the East, global pop culture, or what have you?