日本現代化成功的因素

王建成

《台灣經濟論衡》 2卷8期 (2004/08) Pp. 57-75

並列摘要

Ever since the Meiji Restoration launched Japan on the road to modernization and it defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, Japan has been one of the leading nations on the world stage. Following its disastrous defeat in the Pacific War of 1941-45, Japan succeeded in rebuilding its war-ravaged economy and industrial infrastructure. Viewed from an international perspective, the success of Japan's modernization, through its postwar recovery and high-growth phase as well as its more-recent moderate growth phase encompassing the economic bubble, can be largely attributed to the following distinctive advantages: (1) the educational reforms of the Meiji Restoration, which laid the foundation for a century of successful economic development; (2) the educational philosophy of Chinese scholar Wang Yang-ming, which Japan embraced 250 years before the Meiji Restoration; (3) a strong team spirit, which emerged from Japan's group-oriented way of life; (4) a high regard for study, persistence, precision, and professionalism; and (5) a deep respect for history, along with an ability to learn from the mistakes of the past and to forge wise and practical policy solutions to national problems.