The growth in power of Japan’s empire before World War Two was partly due to its incredible industrial growth. In 1915 there were 15,000 factories in Japan. How many were there in 1939, just over twenty years later?
Answer: No fewer than 120,000. Employees of large factories also grew in number from the largest having around 200,000, to the biggest in 1939 employing over one million workers.
Source: The Cambridge History of Japan IV by John W. Hall
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