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Hello Nick. I think it's vitally important to make clear to readers that when discussing the Japanese government from late August 1945 to April 28, 1952, the government was no longer under the control of Japan. It had lost its autonomy and existed as a functional arm of GHQ/SCAP, under the supreme command of general Douglas MacArthur, who ultimately reported to Truman (See Eiji Takemae Allied Occupation of Japan 2003). The GHQ/SCAP superstructure was the de facto government, had authoritarian unilateral power, and its censorship of information is well documented in the literature. To indicate this I made a very modest change, altering "postwar" Japanese government (which can be very misleading in its vagueness) to Allied Occupied Japanese government. I would be very curious to know why you found this offensive, given its obvious significance. Best, Plutarch09 ( talk) 21:54, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Nick. I think it's vitally important to make clear to readers that when discussing the Japanese government from late August 1945 to April 28, 1952, the government was no longer under the control of Japan. It had lost its autonomy and existed as a functional arm of GHQ/SCAP, under the supreme command of general Douglas MacArthur, who ultimately reported to Truman (See Eiji Takemae Allied Occupation of Japan 2003). The GHQ/SCAP superstructure was the de facto government, had authoritarian unilateral power, and its censorship of information is well documented in the literature. To indicate this I made a very modest change, altering "postwar" Japanese government (which can be very misleading in its vagueness) to Allied Occupied Japanese government. I would be very curious to know why you found this offensive, given its obvious significance. Best, Plutarch09 ( talk) 21:54, 25 August 2021 (UTC)