Post Nuke, Japan post WWII Flashcards
what happened right after japan surrendered
US marched in to keep societs out and democratise japan
who wrote japans new constitution
US
emperor has no power, no war (article 9) and house
did japan want to maintain the no war clause
yes. US govnt promised them actuald efense and nuclear umbrella (cold war time)
nuclear umbrella purpose
to make japan feel safe ahainst nuke
-not out of kindness, instead keep communism out of japan. In US red scare was jappening
who was macarthur
US general
-post war leader of allied forces
SCAP
supremem commander of allied powers
who was scap
macarthur
what was emperor hirohito made to do after WWII
annouce that he is in fact not divine, but still someone japanese like
what happened to tojo after WWII
executed in tokyo trial by hanging
what happened to japanese monopolies after WWII
they were broken apart so they can better benefit public not themsleves (democratic idea and capitalistic)
what happened to shinto after WWII
distablished because it believed in divine lineage of emperor (bad for democracy)
macarthur used emperor to build traction with constitution. what does this relate to
when the meji emperor was used to help buld tarction with new constitution by shi shi
WWII failed japan so
they embfraced change with US
what did confucianism condition japanese to fo
to listen to authority. SCAP is still aujthority but a new non divine leader. this made it easier for SCAP to move in because Japan was not sectionalized by different/opposing regions
