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[[File:Macarthur_hirohito.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|The first meeting between General Douglas MacArthur and Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan, in 1945.]] __NOTOC__

After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms.