WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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After Japan’s failed attempt to implement a democracy, they resorted to another dictator, Shinzo Abe
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Japan wrote a new constitution and became a democracy
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Japan was divided into two different countries along the 38th parallel
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Immediately after World War II, a long-standing civil war resumed
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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: -Following the end of World War II, the present Constitution of Japan was adopted. It replaced the previous Imperial rule with a form of Western-style liberal democracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -It changed Japan’s previous system of semi-constitutional monarchy and stratocracy with a parliamentary monarchy. The Constitution is best known for Article 9, by which Japan renounces its right to wage war and maintain military forces. The Japanese constitution is the oldest unamended constitution in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.