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  2. Occupation of Japan - Wikipedia

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    May 1946: The Indian Army 2nd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles march through Kure, Hiroshima soon after their arrival in Japan. By the end of 1945, around 430,000 American soldiers were stationed throughout Japan. [13] Of the main Japanese islands, Kyushu was occupied by the 24th Infantry Division, with some responsibility for Shikoku.

  3. Perry Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Perry's primary goal was to force an end to Japan's 220-year-old policy of isolation and to open Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary. The Perry Expedition led directly to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the western Great Powers , and eventually to the collapse of the ...

  4. Timeline of Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    July 8: American Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay. Odaiba island forts built in Edo Bay. Hanayashiki garden opens. [2] 1855 - November 11: 1855 Edo earthquake occurs. 1856 - Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo published. 1868 - Edo renamed "Tokyo." [4] 1869 Japanese imperial capital relocated to Tokyo from Kyoto. [6]

  5. Timeline of Japan–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    Japan and the United States have held formal international relations since the mid-19th century. The first encounter between the two countries to be recorded in official documents occurred in 1791 when the Lady Washington became the first American ship to visit Japan in an unsuccessful attempt to sell sea otter pelts.

  6. Japan–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Most Americans generally perceive Japan positively, with 84% viewing Japan favorably in 2021; however, few Americans consider Japan one of their closest allies in public opinion polls, with only 1% of Americans picking Japan as their most important foreign policy partners, far behind other key American allies, according to a 2021 Pew ...

  7. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    The Ogasawara Islands were returned from American occupation to Japanese sovereignty. Japanese citizens were allowed to return. 1969: 18 January: Japanese student protests against the Vietnam War and American use of bases on Japanese soil culminated in a short-lived takeover of University of Tokyo. 1970: 11 February

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  9. International Military Tribunal for the Far East - Wikipedia

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    The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal was composed of judges, prosecutors, and staff from eleven countries that had fought against Japan: Australia, Canada, China, France, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States; the defense consisted of Japanese and American lawyers. The Tokyo ...