FILE--Gen. Douglas MacArthur, left, poses with Emperor Hirohito during the Japanese emperor's visit to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in this Sept. 27,1945 file photo.

Time has stood still on the sixth floor of the Dai-Ichi Life building across the moat from Tokyo's Imperial Palace. Behind heavy wooden doors lies an office, preserved since 1945, that houses the desk ...

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. has opened to the public a room at its Tokyo headquarters that was used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II.

Book Excerpt “Keep the flag flying”: Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines, 1942 The general fled Manila Bay to avoid being captured by the Japanese army, promising to return.

General Douglas MacArthur Roger Baldwin, who spent three months working under MacArthur in Japan after World War II, remembers the general fondly. Roger Baldwin Bluesky June 25, 2009 ...

As Japanese leaders signed the instruments of surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the task before MacArthur was enormous.

POLICIES & PRINCIPLES Douglas MacArthur's first detailed account of his stewardship in Japan and Korea ran to some 100,000 words and had the usual MacArthur attributes. It read well; detailed ...

On Dec. 15, 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered an end to state Shintoism in Japan, a key belief of which was that the emperor was a divine being.

Douglas MacArthur’s encounter with the Philippines had complex origins. The first point of contact was through his father, Arthur MacArthur Jr., who attained the rank of lieutenant general in his ...

The cap was worn by a World War II and Korean War commander, Douglas MacArthur, from 1936 to 1961 during many important moments in history. He wore the hat while he led the surrender of Japan, the ...

Since I knew General MacArthur or only a brief three months while he was Supreme Commander in Japan, it may seem presumptuous of me to comment on him. I do so only because I bear witness to a side ...