Post-World War II
Japan
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![Japanese farmers threshing rice (ddr-densho-299-63)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/15/d315ed1b0f4b2f6a93aaee4e1f53d299.jpg)
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Japanese farmers threshing rice (ddr-densho-299-63)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77289. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work hard: / Japanese farmers, working on a / farm located near Mount Fuji, / Japan, thresh rice by means of a / foot driven machine. This is / extremely fatiguing work, and / the operation must be executed / with great care as grain left …
![Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/56/d2/56d227a1711ebedba0da4b6d877eeee6.jpg)
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Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)
Caption: "We helped with tents and evacuation of larger pieces"
![Japanese men and women working in front of a shack (ddr-densho-299-50)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f0/da/f0da920346d61987355987771074c68a.jpg)
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Japanese men and women working in front of a shack (ddr-densho-299-50)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1947. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Home industry -- Typical home industry / carried on in front of wooden shack / in metropolitan Tokyo. Wooden chips / used as fuel. / Photographer - Orzio / Photograph by U.S. Army"
![Workers gathered for speeches (ddr-densho-299-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/23/4e/234ec670c3246e4594caec6dffa6e12a.jpg)
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Workers gathered for speeches (ddr-densho-299-5)
Caption on reverse: "Workers / gathered for / May Day speeches."
![Crops growing in bombed out buildings (ddr-densho-299-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/22/f4/22f437502525df029194038140cafe58.jpg)
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Crops growing in bombed out buildings (ddr-densho-299-7)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2015. 30 March 49 / NRS Project: / Production of food crops among bombed / out buildings showing utilization of / every available space. / Photographer-Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
![View of Tokyo from the air (ddr-densho-299-118)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/04/9c/049c2ae910ee994c0a4f9bf46ff73d78.jpg)
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View of Tokyo from the air (ddr-densho-299-118)
Caption: "Tokyo in 1946 as viewed from the air. Fire bombs were used extensively so many walls were left standing."
![Japanese people constructing shacks from rubble (ddr-densho-299-122)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8f/ab/8fab82c83465bc3dc0194fc21f562819.jpg)
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Japanese people constructing shacks from rubble (ddr-densho-299-122)
Caption: "Amidst the rubble and ruin of Yokohama, people return to construct makeshift / shacks from the remains of what was once a factory."
![The ballet Scheherazade being put on (ddr-densho-299-204)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/00/63/00632f009211c3c1e855bb4e9a738a6b.jpg)
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The ballet Scheherazade being put on (ddr-densho-299-204)
Caption: "Ballet 'Sheherazade' [sic] was more popular (fewer left at intermission) but wasn't popular with / the GIs."
![Truck loaded with charcoal (ddr-densho-299-56)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/83/dd/83ddb173095fbe825af3a9d551b4a0b1.jpg)
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Truck loaded with charcoal (ddr-densho-299-56)
Caption on reverse: "Charcoal / Caverim [sic] / taking / place."
![Ainu chieftain transports a gift from his people to General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-187)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/64/c3/64c322bc7d9b13e79e2f3ad28e7499b2.jpg)
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Ainu chieftain transports a gift from his people to General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-187)
Caption: "An Ainu chieftain braves the horrible transportation system of 1947 to bring a gift from his / people to the victorious 'American Emperor' General MacArthur."
![Close up of a larger painting of Japanese settlers and natives of Saipan committing suicide (ddr-densho-299-231)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4e/a1/4ea1e9fa50669ca6a6b37a9185da9911.jpg)
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Close up of a larger painting of Japanese settlers and natives of Saipan committing suicide (ddr-densho-299-231)
Caption: "This is a detail from a larger painting showing natives of Saipan and Japanese settlers ready to throw / themselves over the cliff at the right rather than submit themselves to the torture and death that they were told / they would face when our troops invaded." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many …
![American GIs help guard the Imperial Palace grounds (ddr-densho-299-140)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bf/ad/bfadb1a56affd1ff1d22a56b97f8146f.jpg)
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American GIs help guard the Imperial Palace grounds (ddr-densho-299-140)
Caption: "To prevent the curious and those with dreams of loot from entering the palace / grounds, our troops bolster the forces of the tiny policemen of Japan."
![A woman cultivating crops in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/47/1147dde07cf415a07a44c5cbbf7a4ad2.jpg)
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A woman cultivating crops in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-23)
Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1946. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Utilization of every available space / for production of food crops, even / among the rubble of bombed ruins / and foundations. Woman with baby / on her back cultivating winter wheat / Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
![Emperor Hirohito walks down the streets of Japan (ddr-densho-299-164)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/63/ba/63ba95796e016ae6d1e68adc2cc01ac8.jpg)
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Emperor Hirohito walks down the streets of Japan (ddr-densho-299-164)
Caption: "The first time Emperor Hirohito walked among the common people. Note the various / expressions."
![Telephone operators before starting work (ddr-densho-299-193)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/38/bf/38bfd8c81cc50d2a00e05a057cc133c5.jpg)
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Telephone operators before starting work (ddr-densho-299-193)
Caption: "Telephone operators bowing respectfully to their supervisor before beginning work."
![Prisoners being transferred from prison to the trials by bus (ddr-densho-299-158)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/68/fc/68fc17750103d84555636eb90597d22a.jpg)
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Prisoners being transferred from prison to the trials by bus (ddr-densho-299-158)
Caption: "Prisoners en route from prison to trials. Tojo is man with glasses in second row."
![Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/43/11437e618fba6d2378acd49758600fc2.jpg)
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Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …
![Farming fields in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-49)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/98/c6/98c638d6ede774597b665b537b628df5.jpg)
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Farming fields in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-49)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1870. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plain of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and cabbage. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army"
![Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan (ddr-densho-299-141)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a4/e6/a4e658ce0bb581436745eca1cd3aad81.jpg)
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Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan (ddr-densho-299-141)
Caption: "As the dreams of conquest vanish with the A-bomb destruction of Hiroshima and / Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito, sovereign of Japan, wearing his uniform for the last / time, goes forth to announce the bitter news of 'surrender.' / This photo and next page were confiscated from Japanese newspaper files."
![Japanese farmer planting rice (ddr-densho-299-176)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/65/b1/65b17c33dc5e863f2d2168ff035849e7.jpg)
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Japanese farmer planting rice (ddr-densho-299-176)
Caption: "Rice plants are planted individually by hand in the muddy soil."
![Dyed and washed fabric drying (ddr-densho-299-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5f/3a/5f3a6bb924d29ebfc38b6cb9f2c874dd.jpg)
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Dyed and washed fabric drying (ddr-densho-299-21)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1861. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood - Japanese drying rack used for drying dyed / and washed materials. Standard length / of Japanese kimono material drying / is 6 yards and approximately 1 foot / wide. Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."
![Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1a/75/1a756a939ccb6c012fdcc8bf8d8f2423.jpg)
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Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-6063. 17 July 48 / Crop collection report: / In Japan, as is shown in this picture / taken in the Urawa area, Saitama / Prefecture, farmers weed their / potatoes by hand. / Photographer - Calmus / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."
![Shumei Okawa being redressed by a guard after partially disrobing during the trials (ddr-densho-299-160)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/33/d8/33d83276855be7e44e2a9fdc8874660e.jpg)
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Shumei Okawa being redressed by a guard after partially disrobing during the trials (ddr-densho-299-160)
Caption: "Insane (?) Shumei Okawa has his shirt buttoned by a guard after he partially / disrobed. Shortly thereafter he slapped Tojo on his bald plate causing much / hilarity in an otherwise somber arraignment [sic] proceedings."
![A house and stone garden (ddr-densho-299-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/69/f369cf4c99ff05fb467055f603bd97b1.jpg)
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A house and stone garden (ddr-densho-299-19)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1438. 1 March 49 / NRS Project: / Frame dwelling and a collection of / stones used for gardens in Tokyo, Japan. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
![Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-199)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0f/c1/0fc1ad4e889005e05988e9348e69ec01.jpg)
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-199)
Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright's famous earthquake proof Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Only for colonels and / higher ranks."