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As World War II comes to an end little does Japan know they are on the forefront of changes that would impact them and their way of life as they knew it. Hiroshima was blasted with the first atomic bomb and then hit again in Nagasaki. The devastating aftermath would call for the Japanese to surrender and America troops would move in as an occupation power in Japan. In 1945 it was General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers, which would be given the power to bring about reform and implement a new organization of Japanese government. It would change the Japanese society and the future of Japan. The people of Japan were tired, their land and homes were destroyed, they were left with no work or means to provide for themselves
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