1945-11-06 - 1946-12-31

Zaibatsu dissolution begins

Japanese economy1945-11-06 · SCAPIN-244 approves the dissolution plan for the Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda holding companies

Other events in this phase

Postwar Reconstruction14
  1. SCAP five major reform directives
  2. Zaibatsu dissolution beginsCurrent record
  3. Shinto Directive
  4. Trade Union Law enacted
  5. Public office purge directive
  6. GHQ constitution draft presented
  7. Japan’s first postwar general election
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Media

SCAPIN-244 document scanVisual recordSCAPIN-244 document scanDocument scan of SCAPIN-244 approving the holding-company dissolution plan on 6 November 1945.

Source Trail

Official RecordNational Diet Library · The Road to ReconstructionOpen sourceOfficial RecordNDL Search · SCAPIN-244 bibliographic recordOpen source