USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The US had a plan to occupy and rebuild Japan in a way that would guarantee the country would not pose a military threat to others in the future. General Douglas MacArthur was sent to oversee Japan’s restoration.

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: -After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -MacArthur was a gifted administrator, and his progressive reforms were for the most part welcomed by the Japanese people. The most important reform carried out by the American occupation was the establishment of a new constitution to replace the 1889 Meiji Constitution.