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
Shigeru Yoshida
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Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954, serving through most of the country's occupation after World
Yoshida in 1947
Yoshida as a child
The Shidehara Cabinet, with Yoshida on the far right, front row
The Constitution of Japan signed by the Emperor, Prime Minister Yoshida and other ministers