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Post-WWII Reforms: How the U.S. Transformed Japan’s Domestic Legal System
- 1 Xi’an Jiaotong -Liverpool University
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Abstract
The deep connection between the U.S. and Japan began at the end of World War II and has transformed from an initial enemy relationship to the U.S. occupation of Japan to the current deep strategic partnership. The U.S. undertook a thorough legal reconstruction during the occupation of Japan. From the representative contents of the changes, the cabinet officials and the Supreme Commander for the Allied Power, who was the U.S.'s all-powerful leader in the legal reconstruction process, the analysis of the entanglement and bargaining between the U.S. and Japan in the process of legal changes and the characteristics of the law after the changes were made. In this way, the fundamental interests of both sides are analyzed. It is found that the U.S. dominated the legal aspects to serve its strategic objectives in Asia. For instance, ensuring that Japan no longer became a threat of war, while using Japan to hamstring socialist expansion in Asia. The Japanese cabinet was not influential enough in reconstructing the law.
Keywords
US-Japan Relations, legislation, post-World War II, Asian strategy.
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Ma,Y. (2024). Post-WWII Reforms: How the U.S. Transformed Japan’s Domestic Legal System. Communications in Humanities Research,43,20-24.
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