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89: 88: 2291:(a leader of the pre-war women's suffrage movement) organized the Women's Committee to Cope with Postwar Conditions, a group of 70 Japanese women whose top priorities included women's enfranchisement. Swayed by the urges of female leaders, Home Minister Horiuchi Zenjiro advocated for granting women enfranchisement in a meeting of the Japanese male leaders of the Shidehara Cabinet on October 9, 1945. Convinced, the cabinet voted unanimously to grant women the right to vote. Two days later, before any action was taken to enact the cabinet's decision, General MacArthur issued his five-point reform directive, one of the points being an order to liberate Japanese women through enfranchisement. After MacArthur issued his directive, the Japanese government officially lowered the voting age and 212: 2518: 2828: 601: 576: 3063:, precisely as the Japanese government had hoped when it created the prostitution facilities, while the RAA was in place "the incidence of rape remained relatively low given the huge size of the occupation force." However, there was a resulting large rise in venereal disease among the soldiers, which led MacArthur to close down the prostitution in early 1946. The incidence of rape increased after the closure of the brothels, possibly eight-fold; Dower states that "According to one calculation the number of rapes and assaults on Japanese women amounted to around 40 71: 64: 3209:) fraternizing with American soldiers during the occupation. In 1946, the 200 wives of U.S. officers landing in Japan to visit their husbands also had a similar impact when many of these reunited couples were seen walking hand-in-hand and kissing in public. Both prostitution and marks of affection had been hidden from the public until then, and this "democratization of eroticism" was a source of surprise, curiosity, and even envy. The occupation set new models for relationships between Japanese men and women: The Western practice of " 1942: 10302: 2117: 3262:
education, sanitation, agriculture and the like, to help the Japanese in adopting more up to date methods sponsored by SCAP’s headquarters. The normal duties of a military government organisation, the most important of which are law and order and a legal system, were never needed in Japan since the Japanese government’s normal legal system still functioned with regard to all Japanese nationals ... The so-called military government in Japan was therefore neither military nor government.
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introduced better working conditions and pay for numerous employees in Japanese business. This allowed for more sanitary and hygienic working environments along with welfare and government assistance for health insurance, pensions plans and work involving other trained specialists. While it was created while Japan was under occupation, the origins of the Act have nothing to do with the occupation forces. It appears to have been the brainchild of Kosaku Teramoto, a former member of the
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aggravated the hunger problem in Japan, as these people put more strain on already scarce resources. Around 5.1 million Japanese returned to Japan in the fifteen months following October 1, 1945, and another million returned in 1947. As expressed by Kazuo Kawai, "Democracy cannot be taught to a starving people". Initially, the U.S. government provided emergency food relief through Government Aid and Relief in Occupied Areas (
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willingness to make such a sacrifice to help her family", he wrote. "It is the belief of our informants, however, that in urban districts the practice of enslaving girls, while much less prevalent than in the past, still exists. The worst victims ... were the women who, with no previous experience, answered the ads calling for 'Women of the New Japan.'"
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while the RAA was in operation, and then rose to an average of 330 a day after it was terminated in early 1946." Brian Walsh disputes Dower's numbers and states that rape was uncommon throughout the Occupation, with the number of daily rapes being much lower. According to Walsh, the increase in rapes
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MacArthur issued an order, SCAPIN 642 (SCAP Instruction), on January 21 ending licensed brothels for being "in contravention of the ideals of democracy". Although SCAPIN 642 ended the RAA's operations, it did not affect "voluntary prostitution" by individuals. Ultimately, SCAP responded by making all
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Japanese soldiers were rapidly disarmed and demobilized en masse. On September 15, 1945, the Japanese Imperial Headquarters was dissolved. By December, all Japanese military forces in the Japanese home islands were fully disbanded. Occupation forces also exploded or dumped into the sea over 2 million
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American feminists saw Japanese women as victims of feudalistic and chauvinistic traditions that had to be broken by the Occupation. American women assumed a central role in the reforms that affected the lives of Japanese women: they educated Japanese about Western ideals of democracy, and it was an
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In December 1945, a senior officer with the Public Health and Welfare Division of the occupation's General Headquarters wrote regarding the typical prostitute: "The girl is impressed into contracting by the desperate financial straits of her parents and their urging, occasionally supplemented by her
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on an indefinite basis. Even after the Occupation officially ended in 1952, a total of 260,000 American soldiers remained based on mainland Japan (exclusive of U.S.-controlled Okinawa, which based tens of thousands more). Even today, some 31,000 US military personnel remain based in Japan, including
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observes, that for some producers of texts "the Occupation censorship was even more exasperating than Japanese military censorship had been because it insisted that all traces of censorship be concealed. This meant that articles had to be rewritten in full, rather than merely submitting XXs for the
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The Reverse Course significantly weakened left-wing forces and strengthened conservatives, laying the foundations for decades of conservative rule. At the same time, it did not completely destroy leftist forces that had been deliberately unleashed in the Occupation's early stages, setting the stage
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officials worked behind the scenes not only to prevent the imperial family from being indicted, but also to slant the testimony of the defendants to ensure that no one implicated the Emperor. High officials in court circles and the Shōwa government collaborated with Allied GHQ in compiling lists of
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left millions displaced, and food shortages (created by bad harvests and the demands of the war) worsened when the seizure of foodstuffs from Korea, Taiwan, and China ceased. Repatriation of Japanese people living in other parts of Asia and hundreds of thousands of demobilized prisoners of war only
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was not inclined to press the Americans very far following Japan's surrender. He was not willing to place Soviet troops under MacArthur's direct command. Furthermore, in terms of both strategic interests and prestige the Soviets had achieved most of their war aims in the Far East. Moreover, whereas
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An early sign of the shift in SCAP's thinking came in January 1947 when MacArthur announced that he would not permit a massive, nationwide general strike that labor unions had scheduled for February 1. Thereafter, the broader shift in Occupation policies became more and more apparent. Thousands of
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Once the food network was in place, MacArthur set out to win the support of Hirohito. The two men met for the first time on September 27, 1945; the photograph of the two together is one of the most famous in Japanese history. Some were shocked that MacArthur wore his standard duty uniform with no
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China, Korea and Japan were all a considerable distance from the USSR's European heartland, Stalin regarded establishing a powerful buffer against further military threats from the west to be vital to the Soviet Union's future existence. He therefore placed a far greater priority on establishing
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As the Soviets moved in to occupy their allotted territories, some Japanese forces continued to resist even after the Japanese surrender. Such operations included final battles on the Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin well past the end of August in 1945. In the end, despite its initial hopes, the
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The really important duty of the so called Military government teams was, however, the supervision of the issue throughout Japan of the large quantities of food stuffs and medical stores being poured into the country from American sources. The teams also contained so-called experts on health,
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under the government's reform program and resold at extremely low prices (after inflation) to the farmers who worked them. MacArthur's land reform redistribution resulted in only 10% of the land being worked by non-owners. By 1950, three million peasants had acquired land, dismantling a power
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was enacted on April 7, 1947, to govern working conditions in Japan. According to Article 1 of the Act, its goal was to ensure that "Working conditions shall be those which should meet the needs of workers who live lives worthy of human beings." Support stemming from the Allied occupation has
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The initial phase of the Occupation focused on punishing Japan for having made war on the Allies, and undertook a thorough reformation of Japanese society to ensure that Japan would never again be a threat to world peace. Reforms targeted all major sectors of Japanese society, government, and
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authority was strictly limited at first, however, and senior figures in the government such as the Prime Minister effectively served at the pleasure of the occupation authorities before the first post-war elections were held. Political parties had begun to revive almost immediately after the
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MacArthur at no time established in Japan what could be correctly described as Military government. He continued to use the Japanese government to control the country, but teams of military personnel, afterward replaced to quite a considerable extent by civilians, were placed throughout the
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and Allied Council for Japan were also established to supervise the occupation of Japan. The establishment of a multilateral Allied council for Japan was proposed by the Soviet government as early as September 1945, and was supported partially by the British, French and Chinese governments.
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personnel, did not begin deployment to Japan until February 21, 1946. While U.S. forces were responsible for the overall occupation, BCOF was responsible for supervising demilitarization and the disposal of Japan's war industries. BCOF was also responsible for occupation of several western
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The ties between Us and Our people have always stood upon mutual trust and affection. They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine, and that the Japanese people are superior to other races and fated to rule the
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Even Japanese peace activists who endorse the ideals of the Nuremberg and Tokyo charters, and who have labored to document and publicize Japanese atrocities, cannot defend the American decision to exonerate the emperor of war responsibility and then, in the chill of
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Popular anger at the continuing presence of these U.S. military bases in Japan even after the official end of the Occupation continued to grow over the course of the 1950s, leading to a nationwide anti-base movement and a number of spectacular protests, including
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Before reforms could be undertaken, MacArthur's first priority was to set up a food distribution network. Following the collapse of the ruling government and the wholesale destruction of most major cities, virtually the entire Japanese populace was starving. The
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passed Japan's first ever trade union law protecting the rights of workers to form or join a union, to organize, and take industrial action. There had been pre-war attempts to do so, but none that were successfully passed until the Allied occupation. A new
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A portion of Japanese territory was put under United States administration after 1952 in accordance with Article 3 of San Francisco Peace Treaty: Iwo Jima (until 1968) and Okinawa (until 1972); such arrangement was treaty based, and not part of the Allied
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In effect, there was no "military government" in Japan in the literal sense of the word. It was simply a SCAP superstructure over already existing government machinery, designed to observe and assist the Japanese along the new democratic channels of
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of several European states and even the Soviet Union, and transferred sovereignty from the Emperor to the people in an attempt to depoliticize the Throne and reduce it to the status of a state symbol. Included in the revised charter was the famous
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industrial conglomerates were pressured into undergoing "voluntary" dissolution into smaller independent companies. Although SCAP originally planned to break up 325 Japanese companies, as a result of changes in priorities in connection with the
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In January 1946, SCAP issued directives calling for the purge of wartime officials from public offices. Individuals targeted in the purge included accused war criminals, military officers, leaders of ultranationalist societies, leaders in the
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building. In total, including rotations of replacement troops throughout the seven years, nearly 1 million American soldiers would serve in the Occupation, in addition to thousands of civilian contractors and tens of thousands of dependents.
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Soviet Union did not manage to occupy any part of the Japanese home islands, largely due to significant U.S. opposition that was backed by the leverage gained by its then newly realized status as the world's only nuclear-armed state.
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during the first few weeks of occupation, according to Japanese police reports and journalistic studies, the number of incidents declined shortly after and they were not common on mainland Japan throughout the rest of occupation.
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was passed on June 1, 1949, which remains in place to the present day. According to Article 1 of the Act, the purpose of the act is to "elevate the status of workers by promoting their being on equal standing with the employer".
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conservative and nationalist wartime leaders were de-purged and allowed to reenter politics and government ministries. In the industrial sector, plans for further anti-trust actions against the remains of the old
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decided that Japan was to be partly de-industrialized. In the end, SCAP adopted a program of de-industrialization and de-concentration in Japan that was implemented to a lesser degree than the similar U.S.
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was initially severely restricted (although individuals and prefectural offices could apply for permission to fly it); this restriction was partially lifted in 1948 and completely lifted the following year.
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during the termination of the RAA was brief in duration, and the numbers quickly declined thereafter. Michael S. Molasky states that while rape and other violent crime were widespread in naval ports like
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was occupied by the 77th Infantry and 11th Airborne Divisions. By the beginning of 1946, replacement troops began to arrive in the country in large numbers and were assigned to MacArthur's
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did not mean for Japanese women to give up their central role in the home as wives and mothers, but rather that they could now assume other roles simultaneously, such as that of worker.
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when the Japanese formally surrendered. Arthur S. Komori served as personal interpreter for Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe. Kay Kitagawa served as personal interpreter of Fleet Admiral
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explicitly forbade Japan from maintaining a military or pursuing war as a means to settle international disputes, this policy soon became problematic especially as neighboring China
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that it has been occupied by a foreign power. However, unlike in Germany, the Allies never assumed direct control over Japan's civil administration. In the immediate aftermath of
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In 1949, MacArthur made a sweeping change in the SCAP power structure that greatly increased the power of Japan's native rulers, and the Occupation began to draw to a close. The
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In 1953, journalist Ichirō Narumigi commented that Japan had received "liberation of sex" along with the "four presents" that it had been granted by the occupation (respect for
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MacArthur arrived in Tokyo on August 30 and immediately decreed several laws. No Allied personnel were to assault Japanese people or eat the scarce Japanese food. Flying the
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SCAP also attempted to weaken the labor unions they had recently empowered, most notably issuing an edict stripping public-sector workers of their right to go on strike.
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protests in 1957. Partially in response to these protests, the original 1951 Security Treaty was revised into a somewhat less one-sided pact in 1960, resulting in the
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under control. Dodge also fixed the exchange rate at 360 yen to the dollar, a favorable rate that would help boost Japanese exports in the years to come and power the
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Not only did Occupation censorship forbid criticism of the United States or other Allied nations, but the mention of censorship itself was forbidden. This means, as
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As described above, Japanese authorities had set up a large system of prostitution facilities in order to protect the population from sexual assault. According to
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Yoneyama, Lisa. "Liberation under Siege: U.S. Military Occupation and Japanese Women's Enfranchisement" American Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Sept., 2005), pp. 887.
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brothels and other facilities offering prostitution off-limits to Allied personnel on March 25, 1946. By November, the Japanese government had introduced the new
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as a check on the extent to which the prefectures were carrying out the directives issued by MacArthur’s headquarters or the orders from the central government.
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Kan Tagami served as personal interpreter-aide for General Douglas MacArthur. Journalist Don Caswell was accompanied by a Japanese American interpreter to
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As a condition of securing the end of the Occupation and the restoration of Japanese sovereignty, Japan was compelled by the United States to agree to the
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on August 19 to meet MacArthur and to discuss surrender terms. On August 28, 1945, a week before the official surrender ceremony, 150 US personnel flew to
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Koikari, Mire (2002). "Exporting Democracy? American Women, 'Feminist Reforms,' and Politics of Imperialism in the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945–1952".
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and the beginning of the American occupation in 1945. One Okinawan historian estimated as many as 10,000 Okinawan women may have been raped in total.
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Frederick H. Gareau "Morgenthau's Plan for Industrial Disarmament in Germany" The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1961), pp. 531.
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by allowing "the major criminal suspects to coordinate their stories so that the Emperor would be spared from indictment." According to historian
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programs of the 1930s. Moore and Robinson note that, "New Deal liberalism seemed natural, even to conservative Republicans such as MacArthur and
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with 78.52% voter turnout among men and 66.97% among women was held, giving Japan its first prime minister partially elected by men and women,
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It has been argued that the granting of rights to women played an important role in the radical shift Japan underwent from a war nation to a
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Since the end of the Occupation, the United States has continuously pressured Japan to revise its American-imposed constitution to remove
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According to Toshiyuki Tanaka, 76 cases of rape or rape-murder were reported during the first five years of the American occupation of
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after he agreed to replace the wartime cabinet with a ministry acceptable to the Allies and committed to implementing the terms of the
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industrial conglomerates were scrapped, and some earlier anti-trust policies were partially undone. The incomplete suppression of the
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McLelland, Mark (September 2010). "'Kissing Is a Symbol of Democracy!' Dating, Democracy, and Romance in Occupied Japan, 1945–1952".
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continued to exist during the occupation. Although MacArthur's official staff history of the occupation referred to "the Eighth Army
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military force, with U.S. assistance. However, thus far Japan has resisted U.S. pressures to fully rearm and remilitarize. Under the
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During the war, the Allied Powers had planned to divide Japan amongst themselves for the purposes of occupation, as was done for the
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official history puts it, "this 'Reverse Course'...focused on strengthening, not punishing, what would become a key Cold War ally."
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The occupation of Japan can be usefully divided into three phases: the initial effort to punish and reform Japan; the so-called "
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that followed closely a "model copy" drafted by American civilian officials within SCAP, and was promulgated to replace the old
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served in the occupation of Japan. Dozens of Japanese Americans served as translators, interpreters, and investigators in the
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is the name commonly given to a major shift in the Occupation policies that began in 1947 in response to the emerging global
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As part of the Reverse Course, the United States also began pressuring Japan to remilitarize. In 1950, SCAP established the
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At SCAP's insistence, as part of a New Year's Day message, Emperor Hirohito publicly renounced his own divinity, declaring:
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prison solemnly vowed to protect their sovereign against any possible taint of war responsibility. Thus, months before the
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By the end of 1945, around 430,000 American soldiers were stationed throughout Japan. Of the main Japanese islands,
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After Japan's surrender, women's leaders in Japan began calling for women's enfranchisement. In August 1945,
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was unthinkable in Japan, especially during wartime where rejection of Western ways of life was encouraged.
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that had granted the Emperor theoretically unlimited powers. The new constitution drew inspiration from the
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and prohibiting some of its teachings and rites that were deemed to be militaristic or ultra-nationalistic.
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Before the war crimes trials actually convened, the SCAP, its International Prosecution Section (IPS) and
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announced his decision that the Japanese government should accept the terms demanded by the Allies in the
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for extremely contentious political struggles and labor strife in the 1950s, culminating in the massive
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American planning for a post-war occupation of Japan began as early as February 1942, when President
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commenced, MacArthur's highest subordinates were working to attribute ultimate responsibility for
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indefinitely, albeit at the invitation of the Japanese government and not as an occupation force.
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and the release of all political prisoners. Japanese communists were released from jail, and the
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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
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from government posts, private sector jobs, and teaching positions at schools and universities.
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remained on the imperial throne and was effectively granted full immunity from prosecution for
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The Japanese public was thus astounded by the sight of some 45,000 so-called "pan pan girls" (
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surrender, the country's government continued to formally operate under the provisions of the
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The GI war against Japan : American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II
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Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II
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While these other reforms were taking place, various military tribunals, most notably the
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and sexually deviant. The sexual liberation of European and North American women during
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was repealed, and the Imperial University system reorganized. The longstanding issue of
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from SCAP. However, Ladejinsky would claim that the real architect of the reform was
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Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: The Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945–1952
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With the acceptance of the Allied occupation authorities, the Japanese organized a
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Japanese Korea north of the 38th parallel north, placed under the authority of the
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Democracy in Occupied Japan: The U.S. Occupation and Japanese Politics and Society
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Reports of General MacArthur / MacArthur in Japan: The Occupation: Military Phase
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Dear General MacArthur: Letters from the Japanese During the American Occupation
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Comfort women : sexual slavery in the Japanese military during World War II
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Pedagogy of Democracy: Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan
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Pedagogy of Democracy: Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan
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In order to stabilize the Japanese economy as soon as possible, American banker
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Walsh, Brian (October 2018). "Sexual Violence During the Occupation of Japan".
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system in which prostitution was permissible only in certain designated areas.
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To further remove Japan as a potential future threat to the United States, the
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Closed Linguistic Space: Censorship by the Occupation Forces and Postwar Japan
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published a very critical essay on the occupation, calling it "almost akin to
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Rape during the occupation of Japan § Allied censorship of Japanese media
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and sentencing many to death and imprisonment. However, many suspects such as
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Architects of Occupation: American Experts and the Planning for Postwar Japan
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Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
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Japan's Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution During World War II
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in 1945, SCAP abolished all forms of Japanese censorship and controls on
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On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered with the signing of the
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General Douglas MacArthur meets with Emperor Hirohito, September 27, 1945
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Japanese Press Translations produced by the General Headquarters of SCAP
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Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945–52: Alien Prescriptions?
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Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945–1952
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Japan's surrender to the Japanese people in a nationwide radio broadcast
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Partners for democracy: Crafting the new Japanese state under Macarthur
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System", it explained that while "In Germany, with the collapse of the
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Basic Directive for Post-surrender Military Government in Japan Proper
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allowed them to partially reform as "informal associations" known as
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Removal of Restrictions on Political, Civil, and Religious Liberties
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The American occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory
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to begin making concrete preparations for the occupation of Japan.
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The Occupation of Japan, 1945–1952: Tokyo, Washington, and Okinawa
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The Pacific Rivals: A Japanese View of Japanese-American Relations
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Unhappy Soldier: Hino Ashihei and Japanese World War II Literature
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directive by SCAP on October 4, 1945, led to the abolition of the
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The occupation officially ended with the coming into force of the
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was brought in as an economic consultant. Dodge implemented the "
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economy. Historians have emphasized similarities to the American
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map of Japan (red) under Allied occupation, with modern borders.
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Kawai, Kazuo (1951). "American Influence on Japanese Thinkin".
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tens of thousands of American soldiers to remain based in Japan
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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formal peace treaty with the 48 Allies of the Second World War
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Flores, Edmundo (July–August 1970). "Issues of Land Reform".
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on July 1, 1957. Iwo Jima was returned to Japan in 1968, and
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prospective war criminals, while the individuals arrested as
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American Occupation of Japan, Voices of the Key Participants
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tie, instead of his dress uniform, when meeting the Emperor
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Relations between Allied Forces and the Population of Japan
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Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo
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Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine
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took effect on April 28, 1952. The occupation, led by the
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A sweet memory: My first encounter of an American soldier
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Inside GHQ: The Allied Occupation of Japan and its Legacy
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Unfair Labor Practices under the Trade Union Law of Japan
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The climax of the Reverse course came in the so-called "
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soldiers. The occupation was overseen by the US General
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Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan
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occupation began. Left-wing organizations, such as the
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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military alliance between the United States and Japan
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entry of the Soviet Union into the war against Japan
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Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal
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Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal
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Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
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(July 12, 2007). 4524: 3339:International Military Tribunal for the Far East 2534:International Military Tribunal for the Far East 2307:as prime minister, took office on May 22, 1946. 2198:The Japanese government releases members of the 2058: 6997:German pre–World War II industrial co-operation 5780:. Examiner. October 12, 1945 – via Trove. 5495:Caprio, Mark E. & Sugita, Yoneyuki (2007). 4939:. Government Printing Office. pp. 392–442. 4934: 3694:"British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1945–52" 3021: 2674: 2246:On December 22, 1945, at SCAP's direction, the 1662:to advise him on the postwar reconstruction of 154:United States Army Military Government in Korea 10389:United States Marine Corps in the 20th century 5981: 4327:Timeline of U.S. Diplomatic History, 1945-1952 4187:Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training 4160: 4027:Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training 3087:Censorship in Japan § Occupation of Japan 3015: 2668: 40: 7058: 5860: 5587:. 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October 11, 1945 – via Trove. 5654: 5343:Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 5311: 5168: 5104: 5081: 4712: 4694:from the original on January 29, 2012 4619: 4607: 4595: 4435:Thomas, Vladimir (February 5, 2017). 4422: 4410: 4398: 4386: 4374: 4362: 4350: 4338: 4310: 4298: 4262: 4226: 4207: 4205: 4203: 3996: 3959:from the original on January 20, 2015 3929:from the original on January 22, 2015 3866: 3854: 3830: 3818: 3806: 3797:(Oxford University Press, 2004) p. 98 3793:Ray A. Moore and Donald L. Robinson, 3768: 3559: 3484: 2560:were never judged, while the Emperor 2459:was drastically reorganized with the 2007:British Commonwealth Occupation Force 27:Post-World War II occupation of Japan 10354:Former countries in Japanese history 8883:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union 7915:Rape during the liberation of France 6349:Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff 6105:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 5650:from the original on October 9, 2022 5566: 5536: 5434: 5045:. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 4238: 4211: 3704:from the original on August 20, 2008 3655: 3541:Theodore Cohen, and Herbert Passin, 2995:Recreation and Amusement Association 2983:Special Comfort Facility Association 2973:Recreation and Amusement Association 2861:most of Okinawa was returned in 1972 2496:Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 2435:Educational reform in occupied Japan 2273:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1803:Soviet communist influence in Europe 201:under the US administration in 1947. 152:, placed under the authority of the 138:, placed under the authority of the 114:United States), effective 1945–1952. 104:, placed under the authority of the 7017:Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman 6259:East Asia Development Board (Kōain) 5874: 5738:"Four Jap Prisons Open Their Doors" 5616:The Asia Japan Journal: Japan Focus 5515: 5400:Journal of the History of Sexuality 5369: 5276: 5059: 4957:from the original on April 5, 2017. 4924:from the original on April 5, 2017. 4530: 4286: 4274: 3878: 3780:Theodore Cohen and Herbert Passin, 3250:of Australia, head of BCOF, wrote: 3040:Rape during the occupation of Japan 2993:system (the euphemistically named " 2428: 1900:. Other Allied personnel followed. 1649: 1633:; and the final establishment of a 24: 10399:Aftermath of World War II in Japan 9109:German invasion of the Netherlands 7389:Weather events during World War II 5468: 5384:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1997.tb00476.x 4979:from the original on April 9, 2016 4200: 3953:Birth of the Constitution of Japan 3671:, September 23, 1945, pp. 423–427. 3523:from the original on June 18, 2009 2917:current U.S.-Japan Security Treaty 2241: 2140:, promoted by some members of the 2101:air raids on Japan's urban centers 2091:Half-destroyed Tokyo as filmed by 1953:soon after their arrival in Japan. 1896:, 50 kilometres (30 mi) from 25: 10430: 10404:World War II occupied territories 9740:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 5682: 5541:. University of California Press. 5435:Ness, Gayl D. (1967). "Review of 4998:"Japan's 'long-awaited spring'", 4455:Talmadge, Eric (April 26, 2007). 4323:"Korean War and Japan's Recovery" 3750:from the original on May 31, 2016 3136: 3114:According to David M. Rosenfeld: 2341:In 1947, the Diet ratified a new 2260:Purge of wartime public officials 1936: 1685:. Under the final plan, however, 1474:and under the supervision of the 10300: 7072: 6717:Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 5980: 5724:University of Maryland libraries 5715:University of Maryland libraries 5663: 5285:The Journal of Political Economy 3432:1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement 3325:Japan accepted the terms of the 3287:came back as, respectively, the 2222:Disestablishment of State Shinto 2041: 1919:Japanese Instrument of Surrender 636: 599: 574: 124:, placed under the authority of 69: 62: 10394:1952 disestablishments in Japan 6732:Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact 5091:, New York, NY: The New Press, 5029:, New York: Weatherhill, 1972. 4961: 4928: 4910: 4748: 4718: 4632: 4622:The Journal of Military History 4613: 4536: 4512: 4477: 4428: 4316: 4280: 4268: 4244: 4232: 4181: 4105: 4080: 4021: 4002: 3911: 3872: 3836: 3824: 3787: 3774: 3736: 3716: 3686: 3661: 3623: 3610: 2966: 2954:occurred from the 1960s to the 2572:(younger brother of Hirohito), 2311:Hirohito renounces his divinity 1965:, with some responsibility for 9987:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 7697:Territorial changes of Germany 7605:Indonesian National Revolution 6987:Japanese settlers in Manchuria 6100:Imperial Rescript on Education 5067:. New York: Harper Perennial. 5011: 3535: 3517:The Metropolitan Museum of Art 3505: 3449: 3315:Japanese American contribution 2568:implicated in the war such as 2470: 2449:Imperial Rescript on Education 2190:Release of political prisoners 2164:Disarmament and demobilization 13: 1: 10409:Presidency of Harry S. Truman 10384:American military occupations 10359:Japanese governmental reforms 9387:Japanese invasion of Thailand 9338:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 9102:German invasion of Luxembourg 7483:Mediterranean and Middle East 6433:Imperial Way Faction (Kōdōha) 6339:Imperial General Headquarters 5930:Foreign commerce and shipping 5634:Rochner, Bertrand M. (2009), 5132:. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press. 4490:. Columbia University Press. 3463: 3080: 2612:suspects and incarcerated in 2152:(Hirohito's eldest daughter, 2059:Feeding the starving populace 1644: 1561:Article 9 of the constitution 1550:American-written constitution 1454:on September 2, 1945, at the 9294:Invasion of the Soviet Union 8983:Occupation of Czechoslovakia 8301:Independent State of Croatia 6765:Hirohito surrender broadcast 6160:Greater East Asia Conference 5441:American Sociological Review 4969:"Japanese Diet Called Farce" 3949:"Glossary and Abbreviations" 3669:Department of State Bulletin 3468: 3372: 2981:Allied servicemen visit the 2596:—including its director Dr. 1873:. They were followed by the 1861:Japanese officials left for 1745:and Japanese possessions in 1575:broke out. As a result, the 80:Right: State flag (de facto) 78:Left: Civil and naval ensign 7: 10278:End of World War II in Asia 10118:Western invasion of Germany 9625:Chinese famine of 1942–1943 9602:Second Battle of El Alamein 9172:Hundred Regiments Offensive 9144:Battle of the Mediterranean 8997:Italian invasion of Albania 7171:Air warfare of World War II 6145:Supreme Court of Judicature 5659:. Rowman & Littlefield. 5630:. Rutgers University, 1946. 4651:, Routledge, 1999, p. 121. 4329:, U.S. Department of State. 3390: 3216: 3095:Civil Censorship Detachment 3022: 2911:from 1955 to 1957, and the 2675: 2582:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 2479:was also conducted, led by 2439:Before and during the war, 2150:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 1989:, headquartered in Tokyo's 1852:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 1796:In any case, Soviet leader 1765:In early August 1945, with 1587:remilitarization of Japan. 176:Soviet Civil Administration 10: 10435: 10204:Naval bombardment of Japan 9572:First Battle of El Alamein 9491:Battle of Christmas Island 9436:Japanese invasion of Burma 9200:Italian invasion of Greece 9116:German invasion of Belgium 9088:German invasion of Denmark 9061:1939–1940 Winter Offensive 8930:Second Italo-Ethiopian War 7194:Comparative military ranks 6856:Second Philippine Republic 6629:Manchuria–Mongolia problem 5372:The Sociological Quarterly 5326:10.1177/000271625127800104 5257:Yoshimi, Yoshiaki (2002). 5190:Schrijvers, Peter (2002). 4549:, Routledge, p. 112, 4484:Yoshimi, Yoshiaki (2002). 4465:. Via the Associated Press 3724:Glossary and Abbreviations 3318: 3266:The Japanese government's 3140: 3084: 3037: 2970: 2868:U.S.-Japan Security Treaty 2656: 2510: 2432: 2397:. To this end, the prewar 2381: 2334: 2314: 2263: 2226:On December 15, 1945, the 2218:was granted legal status. 1812: 1639:enduring military alliance 10349:Cold War history of Japan 10293: 10125:Bratislava–Brno offensive 10065: 10056:Dutch famine of 1944–1945 9793: 9680:Allied invasion of Sicily 9634: 9540:Aleutian Islands campaign 9512:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign 9459: 9450:Greek famine of 1941–1944 9345:Second Battle of Changsha 9250:German invasion of Greece 9218: 9095:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang 9070: 9008: 8903: 8784: 8510: 8420: 8268: 7971: 7962: 7720: 7545: 7437:North and Central Pacific 7398: 7160: 7153: 7080: 6964: 6937: 6879: 6833: 6790: 6783: 6737:Japan during World War II 6692:Pacification of Manchukuo 6662: 6592: 6584:Invasion of Taiwan (1895) 6579:Invasion of Taiwan (1874) 6517: 6510: 6461: 6448:Control Faction (Tōseiha) 6401: 6327: 6320: 6267: 6185: 6178: 6170:Imperial Japanese Airways 6077: 6024: 5989: 5978: 5882: 5537:Finn, Richard B. (1992). 5209:Sugita, Yoneyuki (2003). 5152:A Modern History of Japan 3955:. National Diet Library. 3925:. National Diet Library. 3422:Japanese economic miracle 3016: 2961: 2952:Japanese economic miracle 2940:Japan Self-Defense Forces 2938:was reorganized into the 2768:(JSDF), founded in 1954. 2766:Japan Self Defense Forces 2755:Japanese economic miracle 2669: 2624:to former prime minister 2570:Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu 2526:Tokyo war crimes tribunal 2513:Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal 1773:recommended to President 1769:seeming probable, the US 1625:to support the US in the 1581:Japan Self-Defense Forces 979:Invasion of Taiwan (1895) 954:Invasion of Taiwan (1874) 553: 549: 536: 523: 508: 495: 474: 461: 453:• Occupation begins 451: 438: 434: 426: 422: 410: 398: 386: 374: 360: 348: 344: 334: 330: 318: 314: 304: 300: 288: 274: 270: 260: 248: 234: 224: 209: 165:Kwantung Leased Territory 86: 59: 54: 41: 34: 9717:Allied invasion of Italy 9694:Solomon Islands campaign 9443:Third Battle of Changsha 9040:First Battle of Changsha 8946:Second Sino-Japanese War 7886:German military brothels 7752:United States war crimes 6712:Second Sino-Japanese War 6654:Racial Equality Proposal 6234:Agriculture and Commerce 5778:"Japs. Say Sack Emperor" 5546:Fukunaga, Fumio (2021). 5016: 4687:The Asia-Pacific Journal 3923:Modern Japan in Archives 3442: 3128:Donald Keene, quoted in 2700:U.S. Department of State 2590:Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda 2580:, former prime minister 2365:social legislation, the 2331:Constitutional amendment 2283:Enfranchisement of women 2200:Japanese Communist Party 1821:dropping of atomic bombs 1641:with the United States. 1604:US-Japan Security Treaty 1442:and administered by the 1191:Great Hanshin earthquake 1109:Second Sino-Japanese War 499:Constitutional amendment 10139:Second Guangxi campaign 9994:Philippines (1944–1945) 9498:Battle of the Coral Sea 9401:Fall of the Philippines 9047:Battle of South Guangxi 8953:Battles of Khalkhin Gol 8359:Italian Social Republic 6624:Washington Naval Treaty 6569:Anglo–Japanese Alliance 6554:First Sino-Japanese War 6373:Nuclear weapons program 6115:Great Japan Youth Party 6042:National seals of Japan 5655:Sodei, Rinjirō (2006). 5128:Feifer, George (2001). 3722:National Diet Library: 3293:Japan Progressive Party 3291:(Nihon Jiyuto) and the 3223:Allied-occupied Germany 3033: 2936:National Police Reserve 2845:Treaty of San Francisco 2837:Treaty of San Francisco 2791:in 1950 had heightened 2762:National Police Reserve 2733:meets Finance Minister 2578:Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu 2507:Punishing war criminals 2457:Japanese writing system 2230:was issued, abolishing 2146:Takahito, Prince Mikasa 1947:5th Royal Gurkha Rifles 1683:Allied-occupied Germany 1592:Treaty of San Francisco 1577:National Police Reserve 1569:Chinese Communist Party 1554:constitutional monarchy 1538:parliamentary democracy 1498:in 1951. Unlike in the 1460:Treaty of San Francisco 1037:Intervention in Siberia 964:First Sino-Japanese War 540:Treaty of San Francisco 235:Official languages 9724:Armistice of Cassibile 9526:Battle of Dutch Harbor 9477:Battle of the Java Sea 9380:Attack on Pearl Harbor 9280:Syria–Lebanon campaign 9273:Battle of South Shanxi 9243:Invasion of Yugoslavia 9026:Battle of the Atlantic 8640:Korean Liberation Army 8353:(until September 1943) 8310:(until September 1944) 8288:(until September 1944) 6702:Motherland controversy 6672:Shōwa financial crisis 6464:Imperial Japanese Navy 6404:Imperial Japanese Army 6135:Peace Preservation Law 5742:Lawrence Journal-World 5731:Accounts from the time 5676:on September 17, 2008. 5579:Hirano, Kyōko (1992). 5229:Takemae, Eiji (2002). 5088:Japan in War and Peace 5041:Barnes, Dayna (2017). 4212:Hunt, Michael (2013). 3369:, and Shiro Mitamura. 3305:Japan Democratic Party 3264: 3244: 3134: 2986: 2840: 2817:Miike Coal Mine Strike 2738: 2650: 2622:attack on Pearl Harbor 2540:, were trying Japan's 2529: 2453:Japanese script reform 2390:Far Eastern Commission 2328: 2266:Purge (occupied Japan) 2212:Peace Preservation Law 2203: 2182: 2124: 2112:Preserving the Emperor 2095: 2075: 2035:Far Eastern Commission 1975:First Cavalry Division 1963:24th Infantry Division 1954: 1911:national flag of Japan 1886:11th Airborne Division 1608:revised treaty in 1960 1565:fell under the control 1500:occupations of Germany 1476:Far Eastern Commission 1444:Allies of World War II 1366:Science and technology 1119:Attack on Pearl Harbor 1042:Great Kantō earthquake 984:Colonization of Taiwan 911:Convention of Kanagawa 751:Former Nine Years' War 694:1000 BC – 300 AD 680:14,000 – 1000 BC 9888:Second Battle of Guam 9784:Bengal famine of 1943 9754:Second Battle of Kiev 9710:Battle of the Dnieper 9415:Battle of Wake Island 9287:East African campaign 9229:Battle of South Henan 8874:atrocities by Germans 8647:Korean Volunteer Army 7628:Occupation of Germany 7382:Music in World War II 6614:Siberian Intervention 6423:Railways and Shipping 6239:Commerce and Industry 5935:Industrial production 5570:(December 15, 1989). 5412:10.1353/sex.2010.0007 5355:10.1353/fro.2002.0006 4935:James C. McNaughton. 4690:, vol. 21-1-09, 4543:Tanaka, Yuki (2003), 3277:Japan Communist Party 3273:Japan Socialist Party 3252: 3239: 3123:offending phrases." 3116: 3109:Constitution of Japan 2980: 2830: 2823:Ending the occupation 2729: 2690:, in support of U.S. 2637: 2592:, and all members of 2574:Prince Yasuhiko Asaka 2564:, all members of the 2520: 2433:Further information: 2367:liberal constitutions 2345:through amendment of 2343:Constitution of Japan 2337:Constitution of Japan 2323: 2216:Japan Communist Party 2197: 2180: 2119: 2090: 2066: 1944: 1805:rather than in Asia. 1771:Joint Chiefs of Staff 1656:Franklin D. Roosevelt 1546:Franklin D. Roosevelt 1084:Invasion of Manchuria 1009:Colonization of Korea 969:Treaty of Shimonoseki 708:300 AD – 538 AD 187:South Pacific Mandate 18:Allied-occupied Japan 10174:Surrender of Germany 9652:Battle of West Hubei 9609:Guadalcanal campaign 9579:Battle of Stalingrad 9505:Battle of Madagascar 8279:Albania protectorate 8066:(formerly Swaziland) 7775:Wehrmacht war crimes 7591:Expulsion of Germans 7375:Art and World War II 7273:British contribution 7222:Governments in exile 7032:Political dissidence 6881:Occupied territories 6619:General Election Law 6443:Taiwan Army of Japan 5574:. Tuttle Publishing. 5169:Kapur, Nick (2018). 4724:David M. Rosenfeld, 3299:(1878–1967), became 3257:Japanese prefectures 2875:at major bases near 2870:, which has allowed 2799:was on the march in 2653:The "Reverse Course" 2378:Zaibatsu dissolution 2317:Humanity Declaration 2202:on October 10, 1945. 2009:(BCOF), composed of 2003:British Commonwealth 1973:was occupied by the 1961:was occupied by the 1629:as a country of the 1490:by the US President 1486:, who was appointed 1472:British Commonwealth 1376:World Heritage Sites 1094:February 26 incident 999:Treaty of Portsmouth 860:Battle of Sekigahara 756:Later Three-Year War 102:Japanese archipelago 10264:Potsdam Declaration 10153:Italy (Spring 1945) 9916:Liberation of Paris 9373:Siege of Sevastopol 8391:(until August 1944) 8294:Wang Jingwei regime 8116:from September 1943 8076:from September 1944 8014:from September 1944 7874:Romanian war crimes 7865:Persecution of Jews 7851:Croatian war crimes 7821:Japanese war crimes 7635:Occupation of Japan 7584:First Indochina War 7296:Military production 7208:Declarations of war 6851:Wang Jingwei regime 6761:Potsdam Declaration 6752:Soviet–Japanese War 6707:Anti-Comintern Pact 6697:January 28 incident 6682:London Naval Treaty 6559:Triple Intervention 6388:Supreme War Council 6272:deliberative bodies 5802:The Tuscaloosa News 5711:Mary Koehler slides 4975:. October 5, 1945. 4973:The Tuscaloosa News 4898:on November 4, 2009 4846:, pp. 519–520. 4810:, pp. 511–512. 4189:Labor Standards Act 4116:Staff 1972, p. 126. 3545:(Free Press, 1987). 3397:Beate Sirota Gordon 3327:Potsdam Declaration 3231:Military Government 3227:government of Japan 2418:Labor Standards Act 2412:Labor Standards Act 2359:U.S. Bill of Rights 2206:The issuing of the 1888:was airlifted from 1882:4th Marine Regiment 1871:Kanagawa Prefecture 1856:Shigeko Higashikuni 1833:Potsdam Declaration 1534:Potsdam Declaration 1206:Imperial transition 1144:Occupation of Japan 1134:Soviet–Japanese War 1099:Anti-Comintern Pact 974:Triple Intervention 229:Military occupation 150:38th parallel north 132:Karafuto Prefecture 36:Occupation of Japan 10257:Surrender of Japan 10090:Battle of Iwo Jima 9939:Belgrade offensive 9352:Siege of Leningrad 9236:Battle of Shanggao 9165:British Somaliland 9130:Dunkirk evacuation 9081:Norwegian campaign 9019:Invasion of Poland 8846:Japanese prisoners 7814:Italian war crimes 7745:British war crimes 7660:Soviet occupations 7444:South-West Pacific 7331:Allied cooperation 7289:Military equipment 6574:Russo-Japanese War 6544:Two Lords Incident 6199:Imperial Household 5830:"Changes in Japan" 4741:2016-05-17 at the 4647:2016-01-02 at the 4638:Molasky, Michael. 4377:, p. 11, 135. 4194:2011-09-27 at the 4034:2011-06-12 at the 4015:2011-07-18 at the 4008:Kimura, Shinichi, 3881:, pp. 571–573 3729:2006-11-15 at the 3637:Universal Newsreel 3355:William Halsey Jr. 3335:Japanese Americans 3329:on August 15, and 3101:surrender of Japan 2987: 2925:1960 Anpo protests 2841: 2739: 2530: 2494:, former Japanese 2441:Japanese education 2355:Meiji Constitution 2347:Meiji Constitution 2204: 2183: 2125: 2096: 2076: 1955: 1844:his administration 1815:Surrender of Japan 1600:Okinawa Prefecture 1519:Meiji Constitution 1266:Capital punishment 1242:2019–present 1164:Asset price bubble 1139:Surrender of Japan 1004:Japan–Korea Treaty 994:Russo-Japanese War 949:Ryūkyū Disposition 891:Invasion of Ryukyu 886:Tokugawa shogunate 822:Nanboku-chō period 47:senryō-ka no Nihon 10414:Douglas MacArthur 10331: 10330: 10289: 10288: 10132:Battle of Okinawa 10031:Burma (1944–1945) 9865:Mariana and Palau 9645:Tunisian campaign 9470:Fall of Singapore 9394:Fall of Hong Kong 9137:Battle of Britain 8990:Operation Himmler 8899: 8898: 8563:Dutch East Indies 8206:Southern Rhodesia 7958: 7957: 7858:Genocide of Serbs 7761:German war crimes 7738:Soviet war crimes 7731:Allied war crimes 7577:Division of Korea 7556:Chinese Civil War 7354:Strategic bombing 7266:Manhattan Project 7040: 7039: 7012:Socialist thought 6960: 6959: 6899:Dutch East Indies 6861:Empire of Vietnam 6779: 6778: 6549:Satsuma Rebellion 6529:Meiji Restoration 6506: 6505: 6316: 6315: 6254:Greater East Asia 6140:Political parties 6095:Foreign relations 5516:Eto, Jun (2020). 5487:978-0-203-14282-0 5035:978-0-8348-0070-0 4781:, pp. 27–30. 4462:The Seattle Times 4128:, p. xxxvii. 3577:history.state.gov 3188:freedom of speech 3173:Douglas MacArthur 3105:freedom of speech 2909:Sunagawa Struggle 2635:In Dower's view, 2178: 2088: 1779:Douglas MacArthur 1767:Japan's surrender 1743:Ogasawara Islands 1606:(replaced by the 1484:Douglas MacArthur 1464:American military 1436: 1435: 1301:Foreign relations 1246: 1245: 1234:Abe assassination 1229:COVID-19 pandemic 1201:Tōhoku earthquake 959:Satsuma Rebellion 921:Meiji Restoration 799:Kenmu Restoration 615: 614: 611: 610: 607: 606: 587: 586: 412:• 1948–1952 388:• 1947–1948 376:• 1946–1947 362:• 1945–1946 320:• 1945–1952 290:• 1951–1952 282:Douglas MacArthur 276:• 1945–1951 191:League of Nations 48: 16:(Redirected from 10426: 10324: 10317: 10310: 10307:World portal 10305: 10304: 10280: 10273: 10266: 10259: 10250: 10243: 10236: 10227: 10220: 10213: 10206: 10199: 10192: 10183: 10176: 10169: 10167:Prague offensive 10162: 10160:Battle of Berlin 10155: 10148: 10141: 10134: 10127: 10120: 10113: 10106: 10104:Vienna offensive 10099: 10092: 10085: 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Archived from 5660: 5651: 5649: 5642: 5626:La Cerda, John. 5623: 5606: 5586: 5575: 5563: 5542: 5533: 5512: 5491: 5464: 5431: 5394: 5366: 5337: 5308: 5277:Journal articles 5272: 5244: 5224: 5205: 5186: 5165: 5143: 5124: 5101: 5078: 5056: 5005: 5002:, April 28, 2002 4995: 4989: 4988: 4986: 4984: 4965: 4959: 4958: 4947: 4941: 4940: 4932: 4926: 4925: 4914: 4908: 4907: 4905: 4903: 4897: 4890: 4881: 4875: 4874: 4872: 4870: 4853: 4847: 4841: 4835: 4829: 4823: 4817: 4811: 4805: 4799: 4793: 4782: 4776: 4770: 4764: 4755: 4752: 4746: 4726:Dawn to the West 4722: 4716: 4710: 4704: 4702: 4701: 4699: 4678: 4672: 4666: 4660: 4636: 4630: 4629: 4617: 4611: 4605: 4599: 4593: 4584: 4578: 4572: 4566: 4560: 4559: 4540: 4534: 4528: 4522: 4516: 4510: 4509: 4481: 4475: 4474: 4472: 4470: 4452: 4441: 4440: 4432: 4426: 4420: 4414: 4408: 4402: 4401:, p. 14-17. 4396: 4390: 4384: 4378: 4372: 4366: 4360: 4354: 4348: 4342: 4341:, p. 10-11. 4336: 4330: 4320: 4314: 4308: 4302: 4296: 4290: 4284: 4278: 4272: 4266: 4260: 4254: 4248: 4242: 4236: 4230: 4224: 4218: 4217: 4209: 4198: 4185: 4179: 4173: 4167: 4164: 4158: 4157:, p. xxxix. 4152: 4141: 4135: 4129: 4123: 4117: 4109: 4103: 4097: 4091: 4084: 4078: 4071: 4062: 4056: 4050: 4044: 4038: 4025: 4019: 4006: 4000: 3994: 3969: 3968: 3966: 3964: 3945: 3939: 3938: 3936: 3934: 3915: 3909: 3903: 3897: 3891: 3882: 3876: 3870: 3864: 3858: 3852: 3846: 3840: 3834: 3828: 3822: 3816: 3810: 3804: 3798: 3791: 3785: 3778: 3772: 3766: 3760: 3759: 3757: 3755: 3740: 3734: 3720: 3714: 3713: 3711: 3709: 3690: 3684: 3678: 3672: 3665: 3659: 3653: 3652: 3650: 3648: 3627: 3621: 3614: 3608: 3602: 3593: 3592:, p. 32-33. 3587: 3581: 3580: 3569: 3563: 3557: 3546: 3539: 3533: 3532: 3530: 3528: 3509: 3503: 3497: 3488: 3482: 3457: 3453: 3248:Horace Robertson 3163:American woman, 3155:country. In the 3132: 3130:Dawn to the West 3054:Okinawa Campaign 3029: 3028: 3025: 3019: 3018: 2948:Yoshida Doctrine 2857:Far East Command 2819:, both in 1960. 2779:) of 1950. The " 2680: 2678: 2672: 2671: 2586:Princess Shigeko 2558:Ryōichi Sasakawa 2493: 2429:Education reform 2305:Kijūrō Shidehara 2228:Shinto Directive 2179: 2154:Princess Shigeko 2121:Gaetano Faillace 2093:Gaetano Faillace 2089: 1929:nation with pro- 1650:Initial planning 1623:Japanese economy 1515:Japan's military 1511:history of Japan 1428: 1421: 1414: 1258: 1159:Economic miracle 1074:Nanking incident 1069:Financial crisis 906:Perry Expedition 880: 789:Mongol invasions 668:before 14,000 BC 658: 657: 653: 640: 630:History of Japan 617: 616: 603: 602: 591: 590: 578: 577: 571: 570: 555: 554: 532:9 September 1948 470:2 September 1945 370: 368:Kijūrō Shidehara 284: 214: 91: 73: 66: 46: 44: 43: 32: 31: 21: 10434: 10433: 10429: 10428: 10427: 10425: 10424: 10423: 10334: 10333: 10332: 10327: 10320: 10313: 10299: 10297: 10285: 10276: 10269: 10262: 10255: 10246: 10239: 10232: 10223: 10218:Atomic bombings 10216: 10209: 10202: 10195: 10188: 10179: 10172: 10165: 10158: 10151: 10144: 10137: 10130: 10123: 10116: 10109: 10102: 10095: 10088: 10081: 10074: 10061: 10054: 10043: 10036: 10029: 10020: 10013: 10006: 9999: 9992: 9985: 9976: 9967: 9960: 9951: 9944: 9937: 9930: 9921: 9914: 9909:Eastern Romania 9907: 9902:Warsaw Uprising 9900: 9895:Tannenberg Line 9893: 9886: 9881:Western Ukraine 9879: 9870: 9863: 9854: 9845: 9836: 9829: 9822: 9811: 9802: 9789: 9782: 9773: 9766: 9759: 9752: 9745: 9738: 9731: 9722: 9715: 9708: 9699: 9692: 9685: 9678: 9673:Battle of Kursk 9671: 9664: 9657: 9650: 9643: 9630: 9623: 9614: 9607: 9600: 9591: 9584: 9577: 9570: 9561: 9552: 9545: 9538: 9531: 9524: 9517: 9510: 9503: 9496: 9489: 9484:St Nazaire Raid 9482: 9475: 9468: 9455: 9448: 9441: 9434: 9427: 9420: 9413: 9406: 9399: 9392: 9385: 9378: 9371: 9364: 9357: 9350: 9343: 9336: 9329: 9322: 9308: 9299: 9292: 9285: 9278: 9271: 9266:Anglo-Iraqi War 9264: 9257:Battle of Crete 9255: 9248: 9241: 9234: 9227: 9214: 9205: 9198: 9191: 9186:Eastern Romania 9184: 9177: 9170: 9163: 9156: 9149: 9142: 9135: 9128: 9121: 9114: 9107: 9100: 9093: 9086: 9079: 9066: 9059: 9052: 9045: 9038: 9031: 9024: 9017: 9004: 8995: 8988: 8981: 8974: 8967: 8960: 8951: 8944: 8937: 8928: 8921: 8895: 8888: 8881: 8872: 8865: 8860: 8851: 8844: 8837: 8828: 8821: 8812: 8805: 8800: 8793: 8780: 8773: 8764: 8757: 8752: 8747:Western Ukraine 8745: 8738: 8731: 8724: 8717: 8710: 8703: 8696: 8691:Northeast China 8689: 8682: 8675: 8668: 8661: 8654: 8645: 8638: 8631: 8624: 8617: 8610: 8603: 8596: 8589: 8582: 8575: 8568: 8561: 8554: 8547: 8540: 8533: 8526: 8519: 8506: 8499: 8492: 8485: 8478: 8471: 8464: 8457: 8450: 8443: 8436: 8429: 8416: 8409: 8402: 8397:Slovak Republic 8395: 8387: 8380: 8373: 8368:Empire of Japan 8366: 8357: 8349: 8342: 8335: 8328: 8321: 8314: 8306: 8299: 8292: 8284: 8277: 8264: 8257: 8248: 8241: 8232: 8225: 8218: 8211: 8204: 8197: 8190: 8178: 8171: 8164: 8157: 8150: 8143: 8136: 8129: 8122: 8110: 8103: 8096: 8089: 8082: 8070: 8062: 8055: 8048: 8041: 8034: 8027: 8020: 8008: 8001: 7994: 7987: 7980: 7954: 7945: 7938: 7931: 7924: 7913: 7898: 7891: 7884: 7880:Sexual violence 7879: 7872: 7863: 7856: 7849: 7840: 7833: 7826: 7819: 7812: 7803: 7794: 7787: 7780: 7773: 7766: 7759: 7750: 7743: 7736: 7729: 7716: 7709: 7702: 7695: 7686: 7679: 7672: 7665: 7658: 7649: 7640: 7633: 7626: 7619: 7610: 7603: 7598:Greek Civil War 7596: 7589: 7582: 7575: 7568: 7561: 7554: 7541: 7534: 7525: 7518: 7511: 7502: 7495: 7488: 7481: 7472: 7465: 7458: 7449: 7442: 7435: 7428: 7423:South-East Asia 7421: 7414: 7407: 7394: 7387: 7380: 7373: 7366: 7359: 7352: 7345: 7336: 7329: 7322: 7315: 7308: 7301: 7294: 7287: 7282:Military awards 7280: 7271: 7264: 7257: 7248: 7241: 7234: 7227: 7220: 7213: 7206: 7199: 7192: 7185: 7176: 7169: 7149: 7142: 7135: 7126: 7119: 7112: 7107: 7098: 7091: 7084: 7076: 7071: 7041: 7036: 7022:Yasukuni Shrine 6956: 6933: 6875: 6829: 6775: 6727:Tripartite Pact 6722:Rape of Nanking 6658: 6644:Tapani incident 6588: 6564:Boxer Rebellion 6522: 6502: 6466: 6457: 6406: 6397: 6332: 6312: 6306:Representatives 6274: 6271: 6270:Legislative and 6263: 6229:Foreign Affairs 6192: 6189: 6174: 6073: 6052:Government Seal 6037:Rising Sun Flag 6020: 6014: 6006: 5998: 5985: 5976: 5878: 5876:Empire of Japan 5873: 5836: 5828: 5820: 5808: 5796: 5784: 5776: 5768: 5756: 5748: 5736: 5733: 5685: 5680: 5664:Toll, Matthew. 5647: 5640: 5633: 5595: 5560: 5530: 5509: 5488: 5471: 5469:Further reading 5453:10.2307/2092029 5279: 5269: 5241: 5221: 5202: 5183: 5162: 5140: 5122: 5099: 5075: 5053: 5019: 5014: 5009: 5008: 4996: 4992: 4982: 4980: 4967: 4966: 4962: 4949: 4948: 4944: 4933: 4929: 4916: 4915: 4911: 4901: 4899: 4895: 4888: 4882: 4878: 4868: 4866: 4855: 4854: 4850: 4842: 4838: 4830: 4826: 4818: 4814: 4806: 4802: 4794: 4785: 4777: 4773: 4765: 4758: 4753: 4749: 4743:Wayback Machine 4723: 4719: 4711: 4707: 4697: 4695: 4682:Svoboda, Terèse 4679: 4675: 4667: 4663: 4649:Wayback Machine 4637: 4633: 4628:(4): 1199–1230. 4618: 4614: 4606: 4602: 4594: 4587: 4581:Schrijvers 2002 4579: 4575: 4567: 4563: 4557: 4541: 4537: 4529: 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The official 1999:American forces 1951:Kure, Hiroshima 1939: 1894:Atsugi Airdrome 1817: 1811: 1775:Harry S. Truman 1735:Okinawa Islands 1676:Harry S. Truman 1658:established an 1652: 1647: 1496:Matthew Ridgway 1492:Harry S. Truman 1452:Empire of Japan 1432: 1382: 1381: 1380: 1260: 1259: 1256: 1248: 1247: 1239: 1238: 1214:1989–2019 1211: 1210: 1171:1926–1989 1168: 1129:Atomic bombings 1104:Tripartite Pact 1089:May 15 incident 1079:Mukden Incident 1050:1912–1926 1047: 1046: 1017:1868–1912 1014: 1013: 989:Boxer Rebellion 934:1603–1868 931: 930: 878: 868:1573–1603 865: 864: 843:Azuchi–Momoyama 835:1336–1573 832: 831: 807:1185–1333 804: 803: 766: 765: 736:710 – 794 733: 722:538 – 710 719: 705: 691: 655: 654: 651: 643: 600: 582:Empire of Japan 575: 542: 529: 514: 501: 491:25 October 1945 488: 467: 454: 444: 417:Shigeru Yoshida 413: 401: 389: 381:Shigeru Yoshida 377: 366: 363: 355:Prince Naruhiko 351: 336:Prime Ministers 321: 295:Matthew Ridgway 291: 280: 277: 241: 220: 205: 204: 122:Spratly Islands 118:Japanese Taiwan 82: 79: 75: 74: 67: 50: 49: 45: 37: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 10432: 10422: 10421: 10416: 10411: 10406: 10401: 10396: 10391: 10386: 10381: 10376: 10371: 10366: 10361: 10356: 10351: 10346: 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3898: 3896:, p. 107. 3883: 3871: 3869:, p. 293. 3859: 3857:, p. 292. 3847: 3835: 3823: 3811: 3799: 3786: 3773: 3761: 3735: 3715: 3685: 3673: 3660: 3654: 3622: 3609: 3594: 3582: 3564: 3547: 3534: 3504: 3489: 3487:, p. 206. 3473: 3472: 3470: 3467: 3465: 3462: 3459: 3458: 3447: 3446: 3444: 3441: 3440: 3439: 3434: 3429: 3424: 3419: 3414: 3409: 3404: 3399: 3392: 3389: 3374: 3371: 3363:Tokuda Kyuichi 3316: 3313: 3301:prime minister 3218: 3215: 3143:Women in Japan 3141:Main article: 3138: 3137:Japanese women 3135: 3125: 3082: 3079: 3050:Ryukyu Islands 3038:Main article: 3035: 3032: 2968: 2965: 2963: 2960: 2958:of the 1990s. 2905:Bloody May Day 2824: 2821: 2694:objectives in 2665:Reverse Course 2659:Reverse Course 2657:Main article: 2654: 2651: 2646:Kishi Nobusuke 2618:Tokyo tribunal 2550:Nobusuke Kishi 2546:Masanobu Tsuji 2511:Main article: 2508: 2505: 2472: 2469: 2430: 2427: 2423:Thought Police 2413: 2410: 2406:Reverse Course 2382:Main article: 2379: 2376: 2335:Main article: 2332: 2329: 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Allied-occupied Japan
Flag of 占領下の日本 senryō-ka no Nihon

Left: Civil and naval ensign
Right: State flag (de facto)

De jure map of Japan under Allied occupation. # The Japanese archipelago, placed under the authority of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (de facto United States), effective 1945–1952. # Japanese Taiwan and its Spratly Islands, placed under the authority of China. # Karafuto Prefecture and the Kuril Islands, placed under the authority of the Soviet Union. # Japanese Korea south of the 38th parallel north, placed under the authority of the United States Army Military Government in Korea, granted independence in 1948 as the Republic of Korea (South Korea). # The Kwantung Leased Territory, a Japanese dependent territory occupied by the Soviet Union 1945–1955, returned to China in 1955. # Japanese Korea north of the 38th parallel north, placed under the authority of the Soviet Civil Administration, granted independence in 1948 as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) # The South Pacific Mandate, a Japanese dependent territory in the name of the League of Nations, occupied by the United States 1945–1947, converted into the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands of the United Nations under the US administration in 1947.
Japanese archipelago
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
de facto
Japanese Taiwan
Spratly Islands
China
Karafuto Prefecture
Kuril Islands
Soviet Union
Japanese Korea
38th parallel north
United States Army Military Government in Korea
South Korea
Kwantung Leased Territory
China
Soviet Civil Administration
North Korea
South Pacific Mandate
League of Nations
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
United Nations
De facto map of Japan (red) under Allied occupation, with modern borders.
Military occupation
Japanese
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