Japan seized its opportunity in the years following World War II, using labor-intensive industries, such as textiles and simple electronics, to drive its economy until rising labor costs eroded its comparative advantage in those sectors. That shift then allowed other low-income Asian economies – South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and to some extent Malaysia and Thailand – to follow in Japan's footsteps.
日本在二战后抓住了这一机会，用劳动密集型行业（如防止和简单电子）驱动经济，直至劳动力成本遏制了这些行业的比较优势。接着，这一转变又让低收入亚洲经济体——韩国、中国台湾、中国香港、新加坡以及某种程度上的马来西亚和泰国——效仿了日本的榜样。