The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was part of Japan’s wider plan to dominate the entire Asia ...

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When the U.S. occupied Japan after World War II, it disarmed the country. Americans shaped the legislation that took firearms out of the hands of Japanese civilians.

As U.S. occupation forces restructured Japan’s political system and economy between 1945 and 1952, the country began seeking new, less threatening ways to re-enter global consciousness.