Category
page 1Occupied Japan
surrender of Japan
end of World War II, 2 September 1945
occupation of Japan
1945 Allied occupation of Japan following WWII
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
1945 agreement ending hostilities in WWII
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan
Sugamo Prison
prison
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1956 film by Daniel Mann
1948 Fukui earthquake
June 1948 earthquake in Japan
Humanity Declaration
imperial rescript issued by the Emperor Shōwa
1946 Nankai earthquake
earthquake in Japan
Bonner Fellers
United States Army general (1896–1973)
rape during the occupation of Japan
sexual crimes committed during the occupation of Japan
Horton Hears a Who!
book
Design for Death
1947 film by Richard Fleischer
Kumazawa Hiromichi
Japanese businessman and Buddhist priest (1889-1966)
Recreation and Amusement Association
system of brothels set up by the Japanese government for US occupation forces
Purge
prohibition of designated Japanese from public service
panpan girl
post–War Japanese sex worker
Hanshin Education Incident
1948 protests in Japan
Reverse Course
shift in US-Japan relations and reconstruction during the Allied occupation
Shibuya incident
1946 gang violence in Japan
Shinto Directive
order by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
Red Purge
anti-communist, anti-leftist political movement in Japan after World War II
Embracing Defeat
book by John W. Dower
American cover-up of Japanese war crimes
after Japan's surrender in World War II, the United States gave immunity from prosecution to members of Unit 731 and withheld relevant information in exchange for their human experimentation research
Dodge Line
Economic policy during the occupation of Japan