1945-10-22 - 1946-03-31

Education democratization directives

TokyoEducation democratization dismantled militarist schooling and redirected education toward postwar citizenship.

Other events in this phase

Occupation Reforms in Japan22
  1. Shidehara Cabinet formed
  2. Political prisoners released in Japan
  3. Women's suffrage reform in Japan
  4. Education democratization directivesCurrent record
  5. State Shinto Directive
  6. Women’s suffrage and Japan’s first postwar election
  7. MacArthur Notes
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Source Trail

Official RecordNational Diet Library · SCAPIN directivesOpen sourceOfficial RecordNational Diet Library · GHQ/SCAP Government Section recordsOpen sourceOfficial RecordNational Diet Library · Modern Japan in archivesOpen source