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 ...

Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented.

Regional naval officers directed Japanese forces to bomb an American military base at Dutch Harbor, killing more than 100 Americans. Within a week ... face of Japanese occupation, the construction ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for alleged ... "A U.S. Marine in his 20s is suspected of raping a Japanese woman at an American military base in March, and is also ...

(Mainichi/Yuria Kiyama) An American tourist in his 70s was recently arrested in Japan for possessing a handgun, which he had inadvertently brought with him in his suitcase along with ammunition.

Following Japan’s invasion, Filipino and American forces faced devastating defeats, including the infamous Bataan Death March. Yet, Filipino resistance fighters waged relentless guerrilla ...