69 years ago today, July 17, 1956 (June 10, 1956 in the lunar calendar), the Japanese Economic White Paper was published. After World War II, Japan's economy, with the support of the United States and taking advantage of the special environment of the Korean War, rapidly recovered and developed. By 1955, the main economic indicators of the national economy and industrial and agricultural production had recovered or exceeded pre-war levels, and a "magnificent boom" of economic prosperity emerged. On July 17, 1956, the Economic Planning Agency issued an economic white paper entitled "Japan's Economic Growth and Modernization", emphasizing that Japan must rely on technological innovation to drive economic development and modernization in the future. Since then, Japan's economy has entered a stage of rapid development.