In ancient mythology, a bird is said to have risen from the ashes of destruction. If there is a country in the world that symbolizes the Phoenix bird, it is Japan. When two major cities of Japan were bombed, it was predicted that these cities will remain ghost towns as not a sapling will grow on its charred earth for the next 75 years. When the red Canna flowers bloomed, defying all odds, it was a clarion call of hope and rebirth for the Japanese people. It was a harbinger of an unprecedented Japanese economic miracle A nation that survived two atom bombs has risen from the ashes of destruction and defeat to rise to become the world's second-largest economy in just about a few years. Japan bore the brunt of two consecutive nuclear attacks in 1945 and by the 1960s; its economy was the envy of the world. How did Japan achieve this miraculous feat? How did the people of Japan contribute to transforming a moribund economy into an economic miracle? From free-falling economic catastrophe, virulent endemics, poverty and malnutrition, radiation sickness, and trauma disorders, the problems that pressed Japan were umpteen, and still, it survived, recovered, and came out with excellence to show the world that Japan is not to be destroyed. Read the extraordinary story of Japanese resilience, tenacity, and spectacular economic boom.

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