Education


 * Prior and during the outbreak of war the Japanese education system followed closely to the German education system.
 * The occupation authorities had education reform as one of its major focouses of the occupation.
 * There was a ban in the teaching of militarism and beliefs that the Japanese were a superior and chosen race.
 * Teachers began to teach their class about the benefits of democracy and apologising for the Japanese mistreatment of Asian populations.
 * Any teacher believed to have militarist sympathies were forced to resign and textbooks were re-written to encourage democratic and liberal tendencies in future generations.
 * American education experts were invited into the country and recommended changes for higher education.
 * The japanese education system was re-modelled along American lines.
 * The school leaving age was raised and schools also became co-educational. Teachers were also encouraaged to adopt more modern methods of instruction.
 * Local communities became responsible for schools independent of their central government.
 * Japan today has one of the highest levels of university-level education in the world.