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.

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 ...

There is a great deal of confusion about the wares marked "Occupied Japan" and this may be because there was a great deal of confusion in Japan after the end of World War II. Objects marked "Made ...