Japan’s Sanctions and US War of Occupation

For the Honorable People of Nippon

Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)

In Japanese mythology, the origins of the imperial family are believed to be a direct descendant of the sun goddess, Amaterasau.

In 1946, as a term for peace with the US, Emperor Hirohito had to declare that he was not a god or relinquish according to Shinto teachings of being a living spirit (Kami).

According to Shinto belief’s, the emperor is considered a living god, was seen as the symbolic and literal father of the family of the Japanese people.

US Occupation in Government

From 1945 until 1952 under US President Harry S. Truman, Japan was occupied by the US formally; which they where further forced to change the Japanese government system, with a democratic constitution to gain some resemblance of Independence; also creating limited power to any emperor.

6 August 1945, Hiroshima

Hiroshima was hit by the US with the dropping of an atomic bomb where most of the city was destroyed and while the estimated death toll varies it is estimated at 140,000 civilian deaths.

Then on 9 August, a second US atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, which with this bombing the death toll was estimated at 80,000 civilian deaths.

The health effects of these two atomic blast’s are still causing numerous health conditions within the generations and with these two atomic blast’s where the first recorded use of any type atomic bomb.

War and US Sanctions

What brought Japan into war to begin with was a severity of sanctions imposed on them by the US government under then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Which in 1940, US banned the sale of fuel (oil), iron and steel from entering Japan; extending to a total ban by 1941.

These imposed sanctions on Japan especially towards oil supply caused Japan an overwhelming concern over the very survival of their country. Within this sever situation, General Tojo Hideki made a decision to go to war; on 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked, sinking the American fleet there.

From here Japan spread out to what became known as the entering of World War 2.

US Continued Imposed Occupation and Cultural Changes

As to the first US or Western changes to the Japanese culture occurred during the formal occupation between 1945 until 1952, with the influx of overbearing, morally uncouth US GI’s and this occupation system is still informally occurring even today; with continued oppressive injection by the US government.

It should be further expressed, while the English word of occupation for this country is Japan; the actual name of this country is called, Nippon in the language of the country.

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The Atomic Bomb Factor

The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 rose some 18 kilometers (11 miles) above the bomb's hypocenter.

When the US was in collaboration and financing Nazi German, they also where receiving certain technology; especially by scientist’s in creation of Atomic factors. With one Nazi German scientist in particular, who was borrowed from Germany into the US, the creation of the atomic bomb came about.

The first test explosion and just prior to the attack on Japan occurred at a location 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what is now White Sands Missile Range, headquartered near Alamogordo; on 16 July 1945 and the test was named "Trinity."