ABSTRACT
Immediately after the defeat in World War II, Japan was occupied by the former Allied Forces for seven years (1945–1952). Many documents and research papers on this long Occupation are available, of which only the issues relevant to this thesis will be briefly discussed in this section. The circumstances of Japan under the Occupation will be discussed first, followed by the subsequent topics: reforms in education, democracy under the Occupation, remaining and new inequities, attitudes toward the former enemy and their language, and English language education during the Occupation.
