POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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The emperor was granted supreme control of the army and navy.
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As a basis for democracy sovereignty rested with the people, not the emperor.
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Local governments were strengthened to encourage grass-roots political participation.
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The emperor would act as a symbol of Japanese unity and culture but without any political authority.
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The establishment of a bicameral parliament with an elected lower house and a prime minister and cabinet appointed by the emperor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The GHQ ordered a series of sweeping reforms of the Japanese government. Those reforms included dismantling of the zaibatsu (business conglomerates that dominated the prewar Japanese economy), agricultural reforms to distribute land to tenant farmers, and labor reforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Normal diplomatic relations were reestablished in 1952, when the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, which had overseen the postwar Allied occupation of Japan since 1945, disbanded. The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States was signed in 1960.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -In contrast to the Meiji Constitution, which invested the Emperor of Japan with supreme political power, under the new charter the Emperor was reduced to “the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people” and exercises only a ceremonial role acting under the sovereignty of the people.