After American occupation ended, Japan
built up its military.
deposed the emperor.
allowed the Zaibatsu to grow strong again.
allowed special privileges for samurai.
2007-01-11 07:16:10 · 3 answers · asked by cassy w 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
e. none of the above
I know that's not the answer that you're looking for, but I can't see that any of those are really defensible answers. If I had to pick one I would say built up its military, but I will take them point by point and explain why I don't think they are true.
Built up its military - while it is true that Japan greatly increased military SPENDING as well as the technological capabilities of its military, article 9 of Japan's constitution prohibits Japan from maintaining a standing army, and from waging war. Japan established a defense force but at least nominally the army does not have offensive capabilities. That said, it is one of the most advanced "defense forces" in the world. Therefore, it could be argued that after the occupation, since Japan's military had been completely disbanded during the occupation, Japan built up its military. However compared to what the Japanese military had been just a few short years before, it remains today a scaled down version.
Deposed the emperor - Japan continues today to have a type of constitutional monarchy headed by the emperor, currently the Emperor Akihito. My understanding is that although the emperor's power has waxed and waned over the past couple millennia, the emporer has not been officially disposed. I believe the Japanese imperial dynasty is something like 1500 years old and has not been interrupted, although for a long time the true "power behind the throne" were the shoguns.
Allowed the Zaibatsu to grow strong again - the US decided at first to destroy the Zaibatsu, but changed their minds as the cold war started to develop. However, by that time the Zaibatsu's were mostly dead and although the names exist today they are not longer the same family controlled monetary empires that they were at their height. They never grew strong again, and the bit of strength that they regained was during the US occupation.
Allowed special privileges for samurai - The samurai were abolished as a special class during the Meiji period, I forget the year but sometime around the end of the 1800s. Although they were given limited special privileges in the new, modernized imperial army at the time of the abolishment to keep them from revolting, Japan was trying to move to a merit based military system and they quickly lost their status. I think that by the end of the US occupation they had all but disappeared except in legends and bad Hollywood movies.
I hope that helps some.
2007-01-11 07:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by magpie_queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deposed the emperor
2007-01-11 15:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Ty Cobb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
READ your book!!!
2007-01-11 16:21:00 · answer #3 · answered by lili t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋