After the U.S. won the Pacific Theatre against Japan in WWII, they rebuilt the broken country. Why do we not hear of any turmoil from this nationbuilding effort, and what did they do right as opposed to trying to rebuild Iraq or Afghanistan? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

After the U.S. won the Pacific Theatre against Japan in WWII, they rebuilt the broken country. Why do we not hear of any turmoil from this nationbuilding effort, and what did they do right as opposed to trying to rebuild Iraq or Afghanistan?

by thehillshaveaviators

Edit: About the rule of current events, I am specifically asking what made the rebuilding effort in Japan so smoothly, and not about Iraq or Afghanistan.

Searocksandtrees

Hi, OP has already alluded to this, but just a reminder: this subreddit does not permit discussion of current events, so let's focus all answers on post-WWII Japan and ensure that any references to it or any other country are confined to events/conditions/policies pre-1996 only. Thanks all!