What were the effects of World War 2 on Japan? What changes came to the country- military and social effects?

[BB]

I will give 10 points to the most detailed answer- not the quickest!

Military and social efects

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[tham153]

Japan got its first ever constitution in 1947 as a direct consequence of the war, since MacArthur, as Overlord of Japan, had the constitution written for them. This constitution gave Japan its first democratically elected government, reducing the Emperor to a figurehead, and proclaimed that war as an instrument of policy was forever renounced by Japan.
Some may get upset by this last point, but I do not believe that socially Japan changed at all. It is still a hermetic and racist society, and electing members of the Diet instead of having the military and Imperial Household approve all officeholders has not changed that.

[redunicorn]

America occupied Japan after WW2. We made the Japanese interested in baseball and other things American.

[marlathebrave]

Japan’s recovery was very rapid. It resulted from US assistance, Japan’s assets hard work and luck (the Korean War was an opportunity to sell industry goods, thus earning capital to invest). The US assistance consisted of persuading its western allies to drop their demand on Japanese reparations, providing modern technology, opening US markets with Japanese goods and persuading other countries to resume trade with Japan. Moreover, it took the burden of Japan’s defense. With this much help coming from a once enemy, now ally, Japan engaged in internal transformations to fully take advantage of its position. Thus, as McWilliams suggests, seven major steps were taken from within the Japanese government. The government-business relationship was complementary and cooperative, the labor-management system stressed mutual harmony, the educational system was maintained uniform, with high standards thus engaging in technological progress on the long run, the high rate of personal saving was beneficial for capital formation and Japan developed superior mechanisms for marketing its products abroad.