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| 65069826 | korekiyo takahashi | Minister of finance in Japan during the 1930s; increased government spending to provide jobs; created export boom and elimination of military purchasing. | 0 | |
| 65069827 | tojo hideki | Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II | 1 | |
| 65069828 | singapore | originally hed by British as part of colony of Malaya, largely Chinese population, British attempted to create invulnerable naval base, captured by Japanese during WWII, emerged after war as independent port | 2 | |
| 65069829 | douglas macarthur | head of theAmerican occupation government, worked quickly to tear down japan's wartime political structure | 3 | |
| 65069830 | liberal democratic party | Monopolized Japanese government from its formation in 1955 into the 1990s; largely responsible for the economic reconstruction of Japan. | 4 | |
| 65069831 | republic of korea | Southern half of Korea sponsored by United States following World War II; headed by nationalist Syngman Rhee; developed parliamentary institutions but maintained authoritarian government; defended by UN forces during Korean War; underwent industrialization and economic emergence after 1950s | 5 | |
| 65069832 | democratic people's republic of korea | a communist country in the northern half of the korean peninsula, established in 1948 | 6 | |
| 65069833 | korean war | Fought from 1950 to 1953; North supported by USSR and later People's Republic of China; South supported by United States and small international United Nations force; ended in stalemate and continued division of Korea. | 7 | |
| 65069834 | taiwan | Island off Chinese mainland; became refuge for Nationalist Chinese regime under Chiang Kai-shek as Republic of China in 1948; successfully retained independence with aid of United States; rapidly industrialized after 1950s. | 8 | |
| 65069835 | hong kong | British colony on Chinese mainland, major commercial center, agreement reached between Britain and People's Republic of China returned colony to China in 1997 | 9 | |
| 65069836 | hyundai | Example of huge industrial groups that wield great power in modern Korea; virtually governed Korea's southeastern coast; vertical economic organization with ships, supertankers, factories, schools, and housing units. | 10 | |
| 65069837 | lee kuan yew | ruler of singapore from independence in 1959 to present, established tightly controlled authoritarian government, ruled through People's Action party to supress political diversity | 11 |
