Since the 1980s, a widespread view has arisen in the literature that the post-1950 economic successes of Taiwan and the Republic of Korea have been due, in part at least, to the legacy of Japanese colonialism.

Japan has always been growth-oriented, in colonial areas as well as at home; and it is clear that Japanese rule helped to initiate intensive growth in both Korea and Taiwan

두 문장은 일본의 식민지 정책은 우리나라와 태국의 경제적 성장에 큰 기여를 했다고 말하고 있다.