Sampo Generation is a Japanese term that means "Generation of Three Endings." It is used to describe people born in the late 1940s to the early 1960s. This group of people experienced a lot of changes in their lifetimes, including three major endings. They experienced the end of World War II, the end of the postwar period, and the end of the Japanese economic growth period. All three changes had a major effect on the lives of people in this generation, so they are called the Sampo Generation.