COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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disarming most of the military
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giving the emperor more political power
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adopting a new constitution
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giving women the right to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -identifies and describes three phases involved in the reconstruction of Japan during the Allied Powers occupation after World War II: repatriation, economic and political reconstruction, and the development of treaties between Japan and the Allied Powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Democratization of politics was also an early and important item on the agenda of the occupation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s industry was soon providing the required munitions and logistics to the American forces fighting in Korea. The demand stimulated the Japanese economy enabling it to recover quickly from the destruction of the Pacific War and provide the basis for the rapid expansion that was to follow.