General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

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Allied administrative body military headquarters occupation authority

The General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers was the Allied occupation authority in post–World War II Japan, led by General Douglas MacArthur and responsible for overseeing Japan’s demilitarization, democratization, and political reforms.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers	5
General Headquarters, SCAP	3
Allied occupation authorities	1
Allied occupation authority in Japan	1
GHQ (General Headquarters) in Japan	1
GHQ SCAP	1
General Headquarters (GHQ)	1
General Headquarters, Tokyo	1
SCAP Headquarters	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied administrative body ⓘ military headquarters ⓘ occupation authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ surface form: SCAP Headquarters
appliesToPeriod	post–World War II ⓘ
conflictContext	World War II ⓘ
countryGoverned	Japan ⓘ
countryRepresented	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedAfter	coming into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty ⓘ
endTime	1952 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentRole	Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
implementedPolicy	democratic local government system ⓘ education reform in Japan ⓘ freedom of speech protections ⓘ labor union legalization ⓘ land reform in Japan ⓘ women’s suffrage in Japan ⓘ zaibatsu dissolution ⓘ
influenced	Article 9 ⓘ surface form: Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
jurisdiction	Japanese home islands ⓘ
leader	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
legalBasis	Allied occupation directives ⓘ Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan Potsdam Declaration ⓘ
locationHeadquarters	Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
mandate	demilitarization of Japan ⓘ democratization of Japan ⓘ economic reform in Japan ⓘ political reform in Japan ⓘ war crimes prosecution oversight ⓘ
occupyingPower	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
oversaw	Imperial Japanese Army demobilization ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy demobilization ⓘ Japanese government ⓘ
parentOrganization	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
participatingCountry	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
replacedBy	full sovereignty of Japan ⓘ
shortName	General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GHQ SCAP
startTime	1945 ⓘ
subOrganization	Civil Information and Education Section ⓘ Economic and Scientific Section ⓘ Government Section ⓘ Legal Section ⓘ Public Health and Welfare Section ⓘ
supervised	drafting of the 1947 Constitution of Japan ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Imperial Japanese Army → abolishedBy → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation authorities

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → alsoKnownAs → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → alsoKnownAs → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: SCAP Headquarters

SCAP → alsoKnownAs → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: GHQ (General Headquarters) in Japan

Allied Council for Japan → basedIn → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Tokyo

SCAP → commandStructure → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Constitution of Japan → draftedUnderInfluenceOf → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

Legal Section → foundedBy → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, SCAP

Public Health and Welfare Section → operatedBy → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation authority in Japan

Government Section → parentOrganization → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters (GHQ)

Civil Information and Education Section → partOf → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, SCAP

Government Section → partOf → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Legal Section → partOf → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Public Health and Welfare Section → partOf → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, SCAP

Imperial General Headquarters → replacedBy → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → shortName → General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GHQ SCAP