Following japan's defeat in world war ii, the allied occupation of japan ordered the purge of tens of thousands of designated persons from public service positions. Japan was occupied by the allied powers from 1945 to 1952. The latter listed seven different categories of undesirables, including war criminals, career army and navy personnel, and extreme nationalists, and ordered the purge of such individuals from.
The purge of hatoyama ichirÅ and the elevation of yoshida shigeru as a substitute prime minister in may 1946 deeply impacted their respective political careers. The purge of japanese leaders under the occupation. Subsequent expansion of the scope of the purge has been.
The intensification of the cold war between the united states and the soviet union, however, saw a shift of occupation policies, including the end of the purge on undesirables from public. The purge of hatoyama ichirÅ and the elevation of yoshida shigeru as a substitute prime minister in may 1946 deeply impacted their respective political careers. Japan was occupied by the allied powers from 1945 to 1952.