{"id":1751,"date":"2016-10-31T00:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/?page_id=1751"},"modified":"2016-10-31T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:29:03","slug":"the-allied-occupation-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/learning-pathways\/the-reconstruction-of-europe-and-asia\/the-allied-occupation-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Allied occupation of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:232px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Macarthur_hirohito2.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/4\/40\/Macarthur_hirohito2.jpg\/230px-Macarthur_hirohito2.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"291\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September 1945<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> What changes were instituted during the Allied Occupation of Japan?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> What changes to women&#8217;s rights occurred in Japan under the Allied Occupation?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu\/papers\/alliedoc.htm\">Bill Gordon, &#8216;The Allied Occupation of Japan&#8217;, May 2000.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter World War II, Japan&#8217;s pacifist constitution banned the waging of war as a means to settle international disputes. In September 2016, however, the Japanese parliament passed <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-09-19\/japan-parliament-passes-change-to-pacifist-constitution\/6788456\">controversial legislation<\/a> allowing Japanese troops to fight overseas, despite massive protests. Do you agree with this change? 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