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How did the spirit of patriotism survive during the Japanese occupation?
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President Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to act as supreme military commander for the Allied Occupation Forces in Japan after the War.
MacArthur's smartest move was allowing Emperor Hirohito to remain emperor. Many people wanted the Emperor removed and the monarchy abolished. There is some disturbing evidence that Hirohito did some research for the infamous Unit 731. Unit 731 did horrible things to the Chinese and Allied prisoners of war. This, however, is still a subject of debate.
Anyway, keeping the Emperor gave the Japanese people a central rallying point. Also, the Japanese are a very resilient people. Once they realized the American and British occupiers weren't going to kill their children and violate their women as Japanese wartime Propaganda suggested, most Japanese gradually got used to the idea of friendly foreign occupiers.
The Japanese had the saying of "yamato damashii" during the War. This was seen as very militaristic and the Japanese people had lost their appetite for war and all things warlike. (Having 2 atomic bombs dropped on your country will do that to you.) So, the new saying of "Nippon no kokoro" (the heart of Japan) was developed. Even mentioning "yamato damashii" today is very offensive and hurtful to modern Japanese. ( I made that incredibly stupid mistake once and I deeply regret it...)
I submit that we treated the Japanese quite equitably and fairly during the Occupation of Japan. The Japanese people were unbelievably sick of war anyway, so they renounced the right to make war forever in their Constitution. Article 9, I believe it is.
Coupled with American foreign aid and Japanese hard work the economy was on the rebound in an incredibly short period of time. Making money and the fact that the Americans left Japan in 1952 (though we held on to Okinawa for a long time, and we still have large military bases all over Japan), helped the Japanese people keep their spirits up.
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