Did the United States give aid to Japan after World War II? -

To help with the rebuilding of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all the other bombed cities of Japan? Or did any other countries give aid to the Japanese? Did the Red Cross or any other organizations give any aid to them?

The Japanese were astounded, baffled even, by the generous and humane treatment they received at the hands of the US. Financial aid was not given to the degree that it was in Europe, but Japan recovered more quickly than did the European countries. Japan did agree to make reparations to all the nations it occupied, usually on an in-kind basis. It was more symbolic than punitive to Japan s economy. The US claimed and then waived payments directly from Japan. In fact The US returned to Tokyo s control those parts of the Home Islands it had conquered, chiefly Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Hard to believe, but the US made a substantial payment to the Japanese at the return of Okinawa, part of which endowed an educational trust for Japanese-American scholarly exchange. When the Korean War began, Japan signed a peace agreement with the Allies, except for China. The Occupation ended. Yet, Japanese companies received large contracts to supply war material, including the design and use of the first Toyota SUV/land rover model that replaced the Jeep.

EROA and GARIOA Fund were given as aid in addition to food aid. However, Japanese government paid most of the GHQ s costs of occupation which was so huge. It included quot;recreation centerquot; for GI. Japan received 1.8 billion dollars. Compared to the Marshall Plan and other aids for Europe, the US was far less sympathetic towards the Japanese than to the Europeans. The US rather contributed to Japan by rebuilding Japanese political and economical quot;systemquot; rather than by direct money. As for Hiroshima or Nagasaki, they just sent scientists to investigate the results.

The US began in the first hours after the surrender of Japan was announced, by dropping food bundles from B-29 s. Over the period of occupation, ending in 1949, the US helped to rebuild Japan s economy and infrastructure, including the new constitution. However, I am not aware of direct aid to Japan to rebuild the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Yes,we helped them rebuild their country.Then douglas Macarthur replaced the 1889 meiji constitution with a new one.It stated that Japan could no longer have an army or navy,the rules changed after that when we gave them a self-defence force because they let us have bases over there.The new constitution had many american laws such freedom of speech,equality of man and women,etc.Making it a parlimentary democracy,if we didn t help them Japan would ve probably became communist.Then Japan did the rest and look at it now it became an economic power in the 80 s,and is still one today will always be regardless of china s growing power.

The answer is YES. What we learned from World War I is countries must be given aid, not punished, after losing a war. The best way to ensure that the next generation is not going to start another war is give them something to lose by doing it.

Well, duh! The U.S. rebuilt Europe and Japan after the war -- mainly to prevent the spread of Communism is the devastated countries.