The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, or SCAP, was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the United States–led Allied occupation of Japan following World War II. It issued SCAP Dir
The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building which served as SCAP headquarters, c. 1950
MacArthur arrives at Atsugi airfield in Kanagawa, August 30th, 1945
General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, 29th of September, 1945
Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan signing the San Francisco Peace Treaty on September 8, 1951
Dai-ichi Life Hibiya First
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Dai-ichi Life Hibiya First, known from 1995 to 2022 as DN Tower 21, is an office high-rise in Tokyo, Japan. It was erected in 1988–1995 on the site of the respective former head office buildings of Da
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
…which would involve 300,000 Japanese communists demonstrating with red flags and pro-Marxism chants in front of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and the Dai-Ichi Building, a group of would-be assassins led by Hideo Tokayama that planned to assassinate MacArthur with hand grenades and pistols on May Day was stopped and…
The tower overlooks the moat around the Imperial Palace.
Norinchukin Bank building, photographed in the 1930s
A US serviceman posing in front of the building in 1953