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  2. Postwar Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Allied occupation ended on 28 April 1952, when the terms of the Treaty of San Francisco went into effect. By the terms of the treaty, Japan regained its sovereignty, but lost many of its possessions from before World War II, including Korea (by 1948, divided into the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Taiwan (the Kuomintang led by ...

  3. Occupation of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Two days after Japanese Emperor's first radio broadcast informing the surrender of Japan, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (a member of Japanese imperial family and father-in-law of Hirohito's eldest daughter, Shigeko Higashikuni) became first post-war Prime Minister on August 17, 1945.

  4. Surrender of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.

  5. Japanese holdout - Wikipedia

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    After Japan officially surrendered at the end of World War II, Japanese holdouts in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands that had been part of the Japanese Empire continued to fight local police, government forces, and Allied troops stationed to assist the newly formed governments.

  6. List of wars involving Japan - Wikipedia

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    Occupation of Taiwan by Japan; Battle of Ganghwa (1875) Japan: Korea: Victory. Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses; Southwestern War (1877) Japan: Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain: Imperial victory. Shizoku rebellions were suppressed. The conscription system was established in Japan. First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) Japan China ...

  7. Treaty of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of San Francisco (サンフランシスコ講和条約, San-Furanshisuko kōwa-Jōyaku), also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan (日本国との平和条約, Nihon-koku to no Heiwa-Jōyaku), re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations (UN) by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for ...

  8. List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Korea, Taiwan, and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan. Maximum extent of the Japanese empire. This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan.

  9. Uncensored WWII-era surveys show US troops' surprising ... - AOL

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    On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. On December 8, the Army began surveying soldiers at Fort Bragg. Here's what they said.