Occupation of Japan
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Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on Apri
May 1946: The Indian Army 2nd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles march through Kure, Hiroshima soon after their arrival in Japan.
Street Stall, Tokyo, 21 November 1945
Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1946
Gaetano Faillace's famous photo of Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito
Treaty of San Francisco
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The Treaty of San Francisco, also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allies on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war
Occupation of Japan
…was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952. The occupation, led by the American military with support from the British Commonwealth and under the supervision of the…
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Yoshida signs the San Francisco Peace Treaty on September 8, 1951, at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California.
U.S. secretary of state Dean Acheson signing the Treaty
Memorial for Treaty of San Francisco in Shimomaruko, Ōta ward, Tokyo