Japan Aftermath of World War II

the trust territory of pacific islands in micronesia administered united states 1947 1986




silent film footage taken in hiroshima in march 1946 showing survivors severe burns , keloid scars.

after war, allies rescinded japanese pre-war annexations such manchuria, , korea became independent. philippines , guam returned united states. burma, malaya , singapore returned britain , french indo-china france. dutch east indies handed dutch, resisted leading indonesian war independence. @ yalta conference, president franklin d. roosevelt had secretly traded japanese kurils , south sakhalin soviet union in return soviet entry in war japan. soviet union annexed kuril islands, provoking kuril islands dispute, ongoing, russia continues occupy islands.

hundreds of thousands of japanese forced relocate japanese main islands. okinawa became main staging point. covered large areas of military bases , continued occupy until 1972, years after end of occupation of main islands. bases still remain. skirt geneva convention, allies classified many japanese soldiers japanese surrendered personnel instead of pows , used them forced labour until 1947. uk, france, , netherlands conscripted japanese troops fight colonial resistances elsewhere in asia. general douglas macarthur established international military tribunal far east. allies collected reparations japan.

to further remove japan potential future military threat, far eastern commission decided de-industrialise japan, goal of reducing japanese standard of living prevailed between 1930 , 1934. in end, de-industrialisation programme in japan implemented lesser degree 1 in germany. japan received emergency aid garioa, did germany. in 1946, licensed agencies relief in asia formed , permitted supply japanese food , clothes. in april 1948 johnston committee report recommended economy of japan should reconstructed due high cost taxpayers of continuous emergency aid.

survivors of atomic bombings of hiroshima , nagasaki, known hibakusha (被爆者), ostracized japanese society. japan provided no special assistance these people until 1952. 65th anniversary of bombings, total casualties initial attack , later deaths reached 270,000 in hiroshima , 150,000 in nagasaki. 230,000 hibakusha still alive of 2010, , 2,200 suffering radiation-caused illnesses of 2007.