After the defeat of Japan in the Second World War, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms.
The Far Eastern Commission was established to formulate Allied policies for the occupation of Japan
at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers in December 1945 by representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of China, France, India, and the Netherlands.
Pictures below show Sgt. Jack Beresford, RCE, with Liaison Staff interpreters Japan 1946.
Kure City outside Hiroshima 1946.