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Name: State of Japan

Type: Polity

Start: 1952 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: japan

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This article is about the specific polity State of Japan and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in eastern Asia that occupies the Japanese Archipelago. It emerged as a nation already in 250 AD. After its defeat in World War II, it was occupied by the United States and regained its indipendence in 1952.

Establishment


  • April 1952: Operation Blacklist was the codename for the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II. The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by 48 countries including Japan, officially ended the occupation on April 28, 1952.
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    1. Allied withdrawals after World War II


    Was a series of withdrawals from territories occupied by the Allies during World War II in the aftermath of the war.

    1.1.U.S. withdrawal from Japan

    Was the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Japan, which was militarly occupied at the end of World War II.

  • June 1968: Ogasawara Islands (Bonin and Volcano Islands) and Minamitorishima (Marcus Island) were given to Japan as part of Tokyo prefecture.
  • June 1971: Okinawa was under US authority until the Okinawa Reversion Agreement.
  • May 1972: The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands ended in 1972 and the islands were handed over ot Japan.

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