U.S. Department of Defense, 87
U.S. Military Academy, xv, xvi, 179
Walker, Walton H., 8
war, renunciation of. See Article 9
weapons: American, 93; artillery, 94, 132, 134, 135, 136; carbines, 28, 80, 81, 83, 93, 101; gradual armament of NPR, 27, 43, 101, 141; of Imperial Army, 92–93; Japanese production, 152; tanks, 81, 94, 134, 135, 136, 153, 173; training, 83, 104. See also disarmament; rearmament
Weetman, Harold R., 30, 100
Whitney, Courtney S.: as chief of Government Section, 28; constitution draft, 38–39, 40; MacArthur and, 28, 74; NPR officer screening, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67
Willoughby, Charles A.: former Imperial officers and, 28, 57–58, 59, 60, 61–62, 63–64, 69–70, 100–101; Hattori and, 61–62, 69, 153; Hayashi appointment and, 65–67; as Intelligence Section Chief, 28; MacArthur and, 28, 58, 74; reports on communist threat, 69–70; reputation, 58–59
women: coffee sukoshi, 76–77; support of disarmament, 52–53, 142, 143, 165; voting rights, 52–53, 143
World War II: bombings of Japanese cities, 1–2; conduct of Japanese soldiers, 116–17; D-day, xvii; Japanese surrender, 4, 158, 160. See also peace treaty
Yamaguchi, Yoshitada, 4
yobitai (new Japanese soldiers): choice of name, 121–22; combat boots, 81; criticism of, 71; dignity, 127, 128–29, 178; former Imperial soldiers, 99; newspaper articles, 124–25; public perceptions, 123–25; recruiting, 60, 61–62, 77, 78, 83, 98–99; spirit, 108, 109–11, 130; suicides, 130; training, 79, 83, 93, 98, 99–100, 101, 104, 106–7, 129–30; treatment by officers, 178; uniforms, 125–27; volunteers, 98–99; voting rights, 139–40
Yoshida, Kenzō, 49
Yoshida, Shigeru: amnesty, 161; career, 48–50; Constitution Day ceremony, 170; constitutional reform and, 39–40, 50, 52, 173; dinner hosted by, 45, 47–48, 51–53; end of occupation and, 159, 163; family and marriage, 49; as foreign minister, 39, 50; on Korean War, 1, 4, 51–52, 55, 144; MacArthur and, 175; peace treaty negotiations and, 13; as prime minister, 1, 39–40, 50–51; on rearmament, 52–53, 136–38, 141–42, 143–45, 163; relations with SCAP, 49; “reverse course” program, 149, 151, 166, 169; Socialist Party and, 174; during war, 50, 54–55
Yoshida, Shigeru, National Police Reserve and: cabinet order, 31; depurging officers, 104; expansion, 72, 136, 180; goals, 51, 53, 55, 132; Hayashi appointment, 66, 67; MacArthur’s order, 25–26, 41, 55; Masuhara’s appointment, 84; officer appointments, 50, 90; rearmament, 135, 136–37, 143; support of establishment, 51; use in domestic disturbances, 168
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
COL. FRANK KOWALSKI, United States Army, member of Congress from Connecticut, died in 1974. He was chief, military government in Kyōto, Japan, 1948–49, and deputy chief, civil affairs section, GHQ in Japan, 1950–52. He retired from the Army in 1958.
ROBERT D. ELDRIDGE earned his PhD in Japanese political and diplomatic history at Kobe University and is the author of numerous works about U.S.-Japan relations, including Fighting Spirit (Naval Institute Press, 2011). He currently serves as the deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7 (Government and External Affairs), for Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
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