on April 28, 1952, Japan was once again an independent state (with the exceptions of Okinawa, remained under U.S. control until 1972, Iwo Jima, remained under US control until 1968. Around 31,000 U.S. military personnel remain in Japan today, they are there at the invitation of the Japanese government under the terms of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan (1960) and not as an occupying force.
All of it.
the Us did not occupy Japan we nuked it instead.
No; Japan did.
Japan did not seek to occupy Hawaii, only to destroy the US Pacific Fleet,
In about 1940.
Japan is surrounded by water.
US military forces are still present in both Japan & Germany.
All the Japanese islands occupy about 142,000 square miles.
archipelago
None, Japan surrendered shortly after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, making the planned invasion unnecessary. The US did occupy Japan for several years after the war under the command of General Douglas MacArthur.
The Allied forces occupied Germany and Japan
1998 in the US I think 1999 in Japan