Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SCAP
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:firstHolder gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
gptkbp:notableAction war crimes trials
abolition of State Shinto
demilitarization of Japan
dissolution of zaibatsu
education reform in Japan
labor reform in Japan
land reform in Japan
women's suffrage in Japan
oversaw Emperor Hirohito's renunciation of divinity
implemented political, economic, and social reforms in Japan
establishment of local self-government in Japan
food relief and economic stabilization
oversaw the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
promotion of democratic institutions
purge of militarists from government
reform of Japanese banking system
reform of Japanese censorship laws
reform of Japanese civil code
reform of Japanese corporate structure
reform of Japanese economic system
reform of Japanese education system
reform of Japanese export laws
reform of Japanese family laws
reform of Japanese government structure
reform of Japanese import laws
reform of Japanese labor laws
reform of Japanese land ownership
reform of Japanese legal system
reform of Japanese police system
reform of Japanese political parties
reform of Japanese press laws
reform of Japanese religious laws
reform of Japanese social structure
reform of Japanese tax system
reform of Japanese trade laws
repatriation of Allied prisoners of war
repatriation of Japanese overseas
oversaw the drafting of the 1947 Constitution of Japan
gptkbp:responsible_for overseeing the occupation and reconstruction of Japan
gptkbp:role head of the Allied occupation of Japan
gptkbp:successor Matthew Ridgway
gptkbp:termEnd 1952
gptkbp:termStart 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Japan
gptkb:Military_Governor_of_Japan
gptkb:Occupation_of_Japan
gptkb:Postwar_Japanese_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5