Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese government notified the Allies that it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration (the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender). The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth.
Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan. This foreign presence marked the only time in Japan's history that it had been occupied by a foreign power. The country became a parliamentary democracy that recalled "New Deal" priorities of the 1930s by Roosevelt.
The occupation, codenamed Operation Blacklist, was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereignty – with the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored.
These amazing photos from m20wc51 that captured everyday life of Tokyo in the early Postwar Occupation of Japan in 1945 and 1946.
Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan. This foreign presence marked the only time in Japan's history that it had been occupied by a foreign power. The country became a parliamentary democracy that recalled "New Deal" priorities of the 1930s by Roosevelt.
The occupation, codenamed Operation Blacklist, was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereignty – with the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored.
These amazing photos from m20wc51 that captured everyday life of Tokyo in the early Postwar Occupation of Japan in 1945 and 1946.
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| Tokyo street scene |
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| Tokyo street scene |
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| Traffic jam |
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| Ueno Station |
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| Ueno Toshogu Torii |
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| Young Japanese beauty |
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| Yusen Building, Marunouchi |
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| An open-air market in Tokyo |
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| Central Zone of Tokyo |
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| Classic beauty, the writing may say 'Maria' |
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| Crowd in Tokyo |
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| Destruction in Tokyo |
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| Ginza market |
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| Ginza, Tokyo |
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| Ginza, Tokyo |
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| Hibiya Cinema Theatre |
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| Hibiya Hall |
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| Imperial Hotel |
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| Imperial Hotel |
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| Jeeps in front of the Dai-Ichi Building |
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| Kabuki-Za, Ginza |
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| Kokugikan (Sumo Hall) |
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| Local hardware store at a market |
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| Massive crowds of people on the streets of Ginza near the Nichigeki Theatre |
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| Meiji Life Insurance Building |
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| NYK Building (right), and Tokyo Kaijo Building (left) |
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| Oasis of Ginza |
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| Pagoda in Ueno Park |
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| SanShin Building, Hibiya |
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| SanShin Building, Hibiya |
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| Shirokiya Department Store |
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| Street scenes of Ginza |
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| Street scenes of Ginza |
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| Takashimaya Department Store |
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| The American Red Cross club in Tokyo |
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| The caption on the back is 'American dance hall in downtown Tokyo. Japanese girls' |
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| The caption on the back is 'Most cars are this size' |
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| The Dai-Ichi Building |
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| The Dai-Ichi Building |
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| The Dai-Ichi Building |
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| The Hattori Clock Company Building |
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| The Meiji Seimei Kan Life Insurance Building on Hibiya Dori in Marunouchi |
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| The National Diet Building |
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| The Nichigeki theatre, Ginza |
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| The soldiers are passing in front of the Dai-Ichi Building |
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| The St. Luke's Hospital, Tsukiji |
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| The Teikokugekijo Theatre |
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| The Tsukiji Honganji temple |
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| Tokyo Station |
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| Tokyo Station |
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