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During the American occupation, Yokohama was a major transshipment base for American supplies and personnel, especially during the Korean War. After the occupation, most local U.S. naval activity moved from Yokohama to an American base in nearby Yokosuka.
The occupation of Japan 1945-1952: Tokyo, Washington, and Okinawa. Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture. ISBN 978-4-86658-125-5. Gayn, Mark (1989). Japan Diary. New York: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1152-3. Hirano, Kyoko (1992). Mr. Smith goes to Tokyo: Japanese cinema under the American occupation, 1945-1952.
Yokohama Central Hospital established. [9] 1873 - Suzuki Shin'ichi I's photography studio begins operating. [2] 1874 - Kuboyama Cemetery established. [1] 1875 - Far East English-language newspaper begins publication. [2] 1876 - Kanagawa Normal School founded. 1880 - Yokohama Specie Bank [10] [11] and Yokohama Chamber of Commerce [12] established.
Fleet Activities Yokosuka comprises 2.3 km 2 (568 acres) and is located at the entrance of Tokyo Bay, 65 km (40 mi) south of Tokyo and approximately 30 km (20 mi) south of Yokohama on the Miura Peninsula in the KantÅ region of the Pacific Coast in Central Honshu, Japan.
In July 1946, Yokoyama was arrested by the U.S. occupation authorities on suspicion of war crimes. In 1948, he was sentenced to death by a military commission for Yokohama War Crimes Trials due to his direct command responsibility for vivisection and other human medical experiments performed at the Kyushu Imperial University on downed Allied ...
The Yokohama War Cemetery is the only location cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Japan, although a memorial to Commonwealth service personnel from the First World War, unveiled in 1922 by Edward, Prince of Wales, is to be found at the historic Foreign General Cemetery in Yamate, Naka-ku, Yokohama.
In the post-war period, parts of Sakae were used as a residential area for the American occupation forces. All American facilities were returned to Japan by 1967. In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Totsuka-ku was divided, and Sakae emerged as an independent ward within the city of Yokohama.
The U.S. Army occupied this land area until it was given over to the U.S. Navy on 1 July 1951 and became the first overseas Navy housing facility. The U. S. Navy Housing Activity, Yokohama, Japan was commissioned on 1 July 1959. CDR J. L. Wallace, USN was its first commanding officer with CDR Harland Bowman, CEC, USN as its first executive officer.