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| Japanese minister of finance during the 1930s; increased government spending to stimulate the economy. |
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| Japanese general who dominated internal politics from the mid-1930s;.gave the military dominance over civilian cabinets. |
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| part of the British colony of Malaya with a mostly Chinese population; after World War II emerged as a flourishing, independent city-state. |
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| America commander during the war against Japan; headed American occupation government of Japan after the war; commanded United Nations forces during the Korean War. |
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| Liberal Democratic Party: |
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| conservative political party that monopolized Japanese governments from 1955 into the 1990s. |
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| southern half of Korea occupied by the United States after World War II; developed parliamentary institutions under authoritarian rulers; underwent major industrial and economic growth after the 1950s. |
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| northern half of Korea dominated by USSR after Word War II; formed a communist dictatorship under Kim Il-Song; attacked South Korea to begin the Korean War. |
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| fought between 1950 and 1953 between North Korea and its Soviet and Chinese allies and South Korea and United Nations’ forces directed by the United States; ended in stalemate. |
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| island off the Chinese mainland that became the refuge for Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomindang regime; maintained independence with United State support; rapidly industrialized after the 1950s. |
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| British colony in China; became a major commercial and industrial center; returned to China in 1997. |
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| major Korean industrial giant; typical of firms producing Korea's economic miracle. |
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| Democratic People's Republic of Korea: |
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| authoritarian ruler of Singapore for three decades from 1959; presided over major economic development. |
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