Cabinet of Japan

Background United States’ formal occupation of Japan began to end with the implementation of the 1947 Post-War Constitution. The new constitution, founded on liberal and democratic institutions, also called for military restriction, similar to the post-war constitution adopted in Germany. Chapter II, Renunciation of War, contains the famous peace clause, Article 9. Article 9 states, “Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of

In 1945, President Truman had to make one of the toughest decisions a president has ever been faced with. This decision, of course, being whether to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese cities, not drop the bombs at all, or do a demonstration by dropping a bomb in the ocean near Tokyo. Truman eventually chose to drop the atomic bombs on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. This choice to drop the atomic bombs was right because these bombings assisted in slowing the expansion of the Soviet

the war with Japan was further away from the end (“Foreign Affairs”). Military planners estimated that the war with Japan would call for an allied invasion of Japan and would take at least another year and cost at least another 200,000 American casualties. When Truman learned of the success of the testing of the atomic bomb in Potsdam the idea of possibly ending the war sooner grew on him. He decided he would use the threat of an atomic bomb to persuade Japan to surrender, but Japan

Securing Japan: Tokyo’s Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007): p. 98. Jiji Kyodo, “62% of South Koreans Regard Japan as a Military Threat: Think Tank Poll.”
The Japan Times Online, October 30, 2013, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/ national/62-of-south-koreans-regard-japan-as-a-military-threat-think-tank-poll/#.UqIvtJHfI4S. “Japanese Public’s Mood Rebounding: Abe Highly Popular, China and South Korea Very Negative Toward Japan,” Pew Research

commit itself to a lengthy war. Truman estimated a potential loss of 500,000 lives; he saw the bombs will "completely destroy Japan 's power to create war...” (Harry S. Truman, 1945) The Hiroshima attack on August 6th failed to be decisive: Japan did not surrender, nor did it seemed pressured by the nuclear attack, according to the U.S. (Harry S. Truman, 1945) Nagasaki was considered vital, because it was a major harbour, a densely populated area and residential to a lucrative trade industry,

HISTORY: The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan adopted in 1947. It is an unitary state, containing forty-seven administrative divisions, with the Emperor as its head of state. His role is ceremonial and he has no powers related to Government. Instead, it is the Cabinet, composing of the Ministers of State and the Prime Minister, that directs and controls the Government. The Cabinet is the source of power of the Executive branch, and is formed by the Prime Minister

United States dropped a larger bomb on Nagasaki August 9th. Those were the day’s those bombs killed 120,000-140,000 people, largely destroying both cities but on the bright side, it did end the war. I agree that the United States dropped the bomb on Japan, I feel that they deserved it to be honest with you. I know that sounds bad because of all the innocent civilians in there but you know what they had plenty of opportunities to surrender and they did not. The United States told them if they did not

Meiji Government Used to Achieve Economic Development? The Meiji government during the 1880's created both an institutional and constitution structure that allowed Japan in the coming decades to be a stabile and industrializing country. Two major policies and strategies that reinforced stability and economic modernization in Japan were the creation of a national public education system and the ratification of the Meiji constitution. Both these aided in stability and thus economic growth. The creation

Postwar Constitution of Japan written by General Douglas MacArthur and his staff in 1946 after the Allies’ victory in World War II. Rights such as freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, as well as respect for the fundamental human rights shall be established under Section 10 were one of many that was included in the document. In addition, the document stated: as per the text written under Section 12, "the occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives

child I was use to moving but never did I think I would move to a whole new country. Moving to Japan was exciting, yet scary at the same time. I was excited to learn a new culture and language, but scared I wouldn’t fit in. Living on a military base I was surrounded by other military children and of course many Americans. I had an amazing first 2 years in Japan but all of that suddenly changed. Living in Japan I knew we would experience earthquakes but I never thought I’d experience one so devastating