Discuss how assumptions that social reforms and equality would flourish in post-war Japan have or have not been realized

This site offers an assessment of recent Japanese history against the background of late modern world history. The author suggests that historical trends that are assumed to move in similar directions everywhere (e.g., democratic reforms lead to greater human equality) merely on the basis of how they moved in the West can be misleading.
Top 10 Things to Know about Japan in the late 1990s (see upload)
Answer the following questions in a Word document, approximately 300-400 words in length. Questions for exploration: Discuss how assumptions that social reforms and equality would flourish in post-war Japan have or have not been realized. Who was assumed to benefit in Japan from the worldwide trend of “social empowerment?” Who or what has benefited thus far?

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