Withdrawal+of+US+troops

** §      Initially, there were over half a million American troops in Japan §  When it was realised that there was no security problem this number was quickly reduced to 150 000 men §  There was no large security problem due to factors including; o  The Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, was allowed to remain on the throne o  But the real emperor was MacArthur o  The Supreme Commander was larger than life, he was seen by the Japanese as an Emperor; they were in awe of such a Great Man. Thus, MacArthur received the same respect as the Emperor ahd recieved from the Japanese people o  US gained Japanese cooperation with the reform process o  Demilitarisation-repatriation of up to 3 million Japanese soldiers and civilians ·  Both the success of the early phase of the occupation and America’s changed priorities(the Cold War) meant that it was ready to end the occupation and conclude a peace treaty in the early 1950s ·  US aimed to establish an alliance with Japan that would allow it to keep military bases in country ·  Peace Treaty was signed in 1951, accompanied by a Mutual Defence Pact, which gave Japan the benefit of US protection and Japan became a reliable Cold War ally developing a reliable Cold War ally ·   April 28, 1952, Japan was once again an independent state (with the exceptions of Okinawa, which remained under U.S. control until 1972, and Iwo Jima, which remained under US control until 1968) ·  An economically restored Japan, with American encouragement to rearm, was not an outcome Australia had envisaged from the occupation ·  The US therfore offered Australia a defence guarantee in the form of the ANZUS Treaty, signed on the 1 September 1951 ·   Some 47,000 U.S. military personnel remain in Japan today, though they are there at the invitation of the Japanese government under the terms of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan and not as an occupying force
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