Although the occupation was nominally an allied enterprise -- MacArthur's title ... that MacArthur was behind everything that happened in Japan far exceeds the reality, he deserves a great deal ...

An investigative document written by the Allied occupation headquarters in Japan in 1948 revealed that 12 U.S. prisoners of war died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945. While the U ...

Professor Seraphim offers historical surveys of early modern and modern Japan, topical courses on the Asia-Pacific War and Japanese society since 1945, as well as seminars on the Allied Occupation of ...

She specializes in modern Japanese history, with a particular interest in postwar photography and visual culture, cultural identity and representation, and social relations of the Allied Occupation of ...