Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

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military office occupation authority title

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers was the title given to the top Allied military authority in occupied Japan after World War II, responsible for overseeing its demilitarization and political reconstruction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers canonical 24
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan 3
Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military office ⓘ
occupation authority ⓘ
title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Japan ⓘ
occupied Japan ⓘ
appointedBy Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers

United States government ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
dissolved 1952 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco Peace Treaty regime
hasAbbreviation SCAP ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Government of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese Government

Japanese armed forces ⓘ
Japanese territory ⓘ
hasMainRepresentative Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
hasRole censorship oversight in occupied Japan ⓘ
control of Japanese government administration ⓘ
economic reform oversight in Japan ⓘ
education reform oversight in Japan ⓘ
land reform oversight in Japan ⓘ
oversight of demilitarization of Japan ⓘ
oversight of political reconstruction of Japan ⓘ
supervision of constitutional reform in Japan ⓘ
supervision of war crimes trials framework in Japan ⓘ
top Allied military authority in occupied Japan ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tokyo ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
legalBasis General Order No. 1 ⓘ
Potsdam Declaration implementation ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
notableWork demilitarization of Japan ⓘ
implementation of the 1947 Constitution of Japan ⓘ
oversight of war crimes tribunals in Tokyo ⓘ
promotion of democratization in Japan ⓘ
purge of militarists from Japanese politics ⓘ
support of labor reforms in Japan ⓘ
support of women’s suffrage in Japan ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ
replacedBy normal diplomatic relations between Japan and Allied states ⓘ
subordinateTo Far Eastern Commission ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
timePeriod post–World War II occupation of Japan ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas MacArthur → positionHeld → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Japanese Instrument of Surrender → implementedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe → hasAlternativeName → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe
General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → headOfGovernmentRole → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Allied occupation of Japan → administeredBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Government Section → foundedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Government Section → parentOrganization → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Civil Information and Education Section → partOf → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Economic and Scientific Section → partOf → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Public Health and Welfare Section → partOf → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Legal Section → partOf → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
International Military Tribunal for the Far East → establishedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
International Military Tribunal for the Far East → oversightBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → successorPosition → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
Allied Council for Japan → apexBody → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
SCAP → fullForm → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
General Order No. 1 → issuedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Sugamo Prison → controlledBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Public Security Preservation Law → repealedUnder → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Allied occupation directives → implementedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
SCAP Public Health and Welfare Division leadership → partOf → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
SCAP Public Health and Welfare Division leadership → reportsTo → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Shinto Directive → issuedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Tokyo Trial → establishedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Ichigaya Court, Tokyo → governingAuthorityDuringTribunal → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East → adoptedBy → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
Soviet military mission in Japan → cooperatedWith → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
MacArthur → notableFor → Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas MacArthur
this entity surface form: Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan