Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of the pattern of economic growth in Japan?

a) The economy is growing rapidly currently and has been growing at this pace for many years.

b) The economy of Japan is not growing very rapidly and has not grown significantly since World War II.

c) The economy is not growing very much at all currently but experienced dramatic growth in the 1960s and 1970s.

d) The economy was growing very rapidly but the tsunami has put an abrupt end to that trajectory of growth.

e) The economy was not growing rapidly in the 1970s but experiencing very rapid growth currently.