Yoshitaka Shindo is the Minister in Charge of Regional Government for Japan.
General Douglas Mac Arthur became in charge of Japan after World War 2. He wrote the Constitution of Japan. He created a constitution combining features of American, British, and the former Japanese government.
After World War II, the American military government of occupied Japan disbanded the Japanese armed forces as just one step in the post-war rebuilding of a peaceful, flourishing, renewed Japanese society. A further step was taken with the declaration of the permanent disarmament of Japan to be enforced by the American overseers.
Japan's military decreased, and industrial economy increased.
Once the military gained control of the civilian government then the government followed suit as the military initiated an expansionist policy which lead the nation of Japan into war . The military began and conducted military operations on the Chinese mainland and eventually to spreading Japanese influence throughout Asia .
The Tokugawa Bakufu was ruled by a shogun, or military leader. The government of Meiji Japan was led by an Emperor.
Japan is powerful, and they have their own resources. They are not on the list of countries the United States provides foreign aid.
Japan
Japan's enlightened government.
The Allied Occupation of Japan lasted from 1945 to 1952.
protect the emperor and his government from all threats.
Japan has their own military, though for political reasons following the Second World War, the Japanese government is required to refer to it as a "self defence force". The continued American military presence in Japan is the result of conditions laid out after the Japanese surrender in 1945. As to whether or not having US military stationed in Japan is necessity or not, as far as Japan's defence goes, it probably isn't. The value of keeping US troops their is probably more for the capability of providing a support base for operations in the Korean peninsula, in the event of hostilities breaking out between the ROK and the DPRK.