POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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The government was taken over by Japanese military men to make sure that no more nuclear attacks would happen
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They were both devastated. Emperor Hirohito had to accept terms of surrender from the Allies, which meant the closing of weapons factories, forming a market economy, and the establishment of a new Constitution
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Japan accepted the terms of the Allies to elect a new president and establish a traditional economy
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The government went from being communist to being a dictatorship. The economy had to be restored by investing in human capital
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Detailed explanation-1: -After Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II, Allied forces led by the United States occupied the nation, bringing drastic changes. Japan was disarmed, its empire dissolved, its form of government changed to a democracy, and its economy and education system reorganized and rebuilt.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Japan’s surrender, he was not prosecuted for war crimes, as General Douglas MacArthur thought that an ostensibly cooperative emperor would help establish a peaceful Allied occupation, and help the U.S. achieve their postwar objectives. His role during the war remains controversial.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the immediate aftermath of the war, Hirohito renounced the divinity of the emperor and signed a new constitution drafted by the occupying US forces. This new constitution reduced the emperor’s power to that of a figurehead.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, the new constitution drafted by the United States transformed Japan into a constitutional monarchy so that sovereignty lay with the people instead of the emperor. Hirohito died in Tokyo on January 7, 1989. His son, Akihito, succeeded him.