Why and what did the United States do for Japan After World War 2? -

My school is asking if the united states helped japan/japan s economy after WWII ended. And they want to know why. I ve read but its still unclear. Can anyone help me out please. Urgent.

Following the Japanese surrender in September, 1945, the US Army began its occupation of Japan. MacArthur first cleane4d house, holding war crimes trials (which some have criticised bitterly), and then set about rebuilding Japan and forging a new democratic constitution. Initially, the US had its hands full just repatriating Japnese soldiers and staving off starvation among the Japanese, but as 1946 began, the focus moved more toward rebuilding the Japnese cities, means of production and banking organs from the ground up. Essentially, the US offered Japan economic support and military protection in return for long term base facilities and a promise that Japan would not rearm and become a threat again. The why is really quite simple. First, there was the widely held belief (seen in the implimentation of thye Marshall plan in Europe, too) that leaving our enemies devestated and in poverty and desperation would only invite the rise of dictators like Hitler, or worse (in the eyes of the Truman administration, and probably correctly), of Communist dictatorships. Rebuilding those countries was first to stabilize them against the temptations of communism, and second, to use those base facilities as strategic assets in the efforts to contain the spread of communism elsewhere in the region. It s worth noting that in 1950, when the fighting began in Korea, those Japanese bases became worth their weight in gold, as they were the only bases from which US aircraft, especially bombers, could fly safely.

The United States took over Japan after WW2 basically. They took away all their weaons and shut down the weapon factories. But they also rebuilt their war-torn country for them. If America had just left Japan to suffer then they would not be this far in the technologic age, they would have spent years rebuilding instead of researching. And since we were there protecting them, they didn t have to focus or spend money on a military.

i can really help u out on this dude...we just talked about this at school like a week ago! 1. yes we did help japan AND germany after WW2 2. why did we do this? a. after WW1 there was the signing of the Varsailles Treaty and all that and obviously it didn t work because Germany became very powerful again (this applies to Japan too!). so after WW2 we wanted to do the exact opposite and help build up Japan and Germany. we wanted to be their friends and on their side so we helped them! obviously it worked because we re friends with them now!!!!

We helped them a lot. We helped them because: We generally helped nations that we have beaten in war (look at Germany after both world wars). We needed them to be a base for us with the Cold War that was starting up. The northern tip of Japan is just under the southeastern end of Russia. The Japanese were in the right position to help.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2124.html This link might help answer your question

all i know is that japan bombed pearl habor there the ones that started all this mess