Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8, 1945, ...

Takemae, a professor of political science at Tokyo Keizai University, offers a superbly translated study of the legacy of the largely American postwar occupation of Japan up to the present day.

NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.

For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II, Japan’s ...

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