When did Japan overtake the Soviet Union to become the world's second largest economy?

Answer 1

Best answer

You need to understand the difference between "history" and a "current event".

Although heavily destroyed by the nuclear bombardment in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other Allied air raids on Japan, Japan was able to recover from the trauma of WWII, and managed to become the second largest economic entity of the world (after the United States) by the 1960s (Soviet Union excluded)." quote

Answer 2

The second the SOVIET UNION DISSOLVED over 25 YEARS AGO...you MOOK.