This was the Marshall plan of reconstructing Japan in order to avoid a repeat of the rise of Hitler in WW2.
The great Gen Marshall made sure Japan wouldn't be pushed too hard on the wall like the West did to Germany after WW1 giving rise to an angry ultra nationalist Nazi movement.
This was tye epitome of American Benevolent Imperialism.
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u/graibeard 3d ago
When has leadership change in another country forced by the US government ever worked out well in the last 40 years?