Allied occupation of Japan

Allied occupation of Japan was a colony in Japan (East Asia) that lasted from 1945 to 1952 CE, about 7 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

General Douglas MacArthur's occupation authority disarmed Japan, broke up the zaibatsu, carried out land reform and oversaw a new pacifist constitution. It ended with the San Francisco treaty in 1952.

See Allied occupation of Japan on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1945 to 1952 CE

Duration

7 years

Type

Colony

Region

Japan, East Asia

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Tokyo

Came from

• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

• 1945 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• 1949 People's Republic proclaimed
• 1950 Korean War

Neighbours in East Asia

• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present
• Ganden Phodrang (Dalai Lama government) 1642 to 1951 CE
• Japan (postwar) 1947 CE to the present
• North Korea 1948 CE to the present
• South Korea 1948 CE to the present
• Republic of China on Taiwan 1949 CE to the present
• Republic of China (mainland) 1912 to 1949 CE
• Portuguese Macau 1557 to 1999 CE
• British Hong Kong 1841 to 1997 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present, South Asia

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