One American observer described it as a city ... From the very beginning, it was clear that a primary objective of the occupation of Japan would be, as the Potsdam Declaration put it, "a ...

A supplement to Edwin Martin's "The Allied Occupation of Japan," this book is a steady, cautious appraisal of American occupation policy from early 1948. The author is in the Office of Northeast Asian ...

Today, we are at another turning point. The world confronts another major season of geopolitical changes — not seen since the ...

It had “proven useful” during Japan’s occupation of China, John Dower, an American historian, points out in his book about the history of the U.S.-led occupation of Japan, “Embracing ...

as the "Reverse Course" in American occupation policy had begun to favor the old industrial and bureaucratic elites, who offered the quickest route to economic stability for Japan. By setting the ...

Japan will officially describe the Northern Territories as under the “illegal occupation” of Russia, reviving an expression that was dropped after 2003. The Foreign Ministry’s draft for the ...