POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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General Douglas MacArthur helped Japan install a new democratic government.
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General Douglas MacArthur asked the United States to provide $1 billion in funding to help rebuild Japan.
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General Douglas MacArthur sanctioned Germany and forced them to pay reparations to Japan for starting the war.
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General Douglas MacArthur ordered the military of Japan to be dismantled and ordered weapons facilities to close.
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General Douglas MacArthur led the charge to have government and military leaders involved in the war be brought to trial.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the labor front, MacArthur encouraged trade unions, which further checked the oligopolies, broadened Japan’s wealth distribution and helped develop an increasingly affluent middle class that would serve as a domestic base for exporters.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the War, MacArthur became the American leader of occupied Japan. He was the architect of their metamorphosis into a democratic nation, and helped them on the road to becoming a world economic power. In 1950-51, MacArthur led UN forces in the Korean War.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 3, 1947, Japan’s postwar constitution goes into effect. The progressive constitution granted universal suffrage, stripped Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power, stipulated a bill of rights, abolished peerage, and outlawed Japan’s right to make war.