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In 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender. The United States carried out a separate occupation of Japan in the name of its allies. It was not until 1952 that the occupying military authorities returned to the Japanese government. The seven years of Japan's subjugation completely changed Japan's development path, transferred national sovereignty from the autocrats to the hands of the Japanese people, and led Japan onto a bright road. Just a dozen years later, Japan has developed into the world's second largest economic power...