What is Japan’s post-war policy?

Under the Yalta and Potsdam agreements concluded among the victors of WWII US, Britain, France, Russia and China, the Japanese empire was disssolved and Japan reduced in size to the boundaries of the pre-1894 era. Japan was to be occupied for an indefinite period by US forces so that for the first time in its history, Japanese sovereignty was to be superseded by foreign rule. Total disarmament was to be carried out and those responsible for past aggression were to be punished. Japan would never again become a world menace. US policy in the Asia-Pacific: The war had raised the Asia-Pacific region to heightened level of importance in US foreign policy – in addition to the occupation of Japan and South Korea, WDC had extensive responsibilities toward the Philippines and the Pacific island territories and had concerns about the future of China, which was immersed in civil war; the US now had to make crucial decisions as to the nature & extent of its commitments in Asia, which was a region of strategic importance.

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