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img Courtroom of the Tokyo war crimes trials (ddr-densho-299-159)

Caption: "The courtroom is jammed. 'Admittance by ticket only' for this is history in the making."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-159/

img View of the Ginza District in Tokyo in 1947 (ddr-densho-299-129)

Caption: "The Ginza 1947 / The Ginza in 1946 and a year later. Notice that the corner building has a Tokyo PX sign in / the 1947 photo. Also the lack of motor traffic except for GI vehicles in 1946."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-129/

img Praying over earthquake victims (ddr-densho-299-39)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-39/

img Geishas dancing (ddr-densho-299-209)

Caption: "Geishas performing a 'Lion Dance.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-209/

img Buddhist monks (ddr-densho-299-216)

Caption: "Buddhist monks in their traditional attire."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-216/

img View of the street where the Allied Power's HQ was located (ddr-densho-299-143)

Caption: "General MacArthur, Supreme Commander Allied Power's headquarters is the first building on right."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-143/

img Monkey statues in Nikko (ddr-densho-299-212)

Caption: "The original 'hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil' monkeys in Nikko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-212/

img Japanese soldiers returning after surrender (ddr-densho-299-3)

Caption on reverse: "Soldiers / returning after / surrender."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-3/

img Post-war Yokohama Harbor (ddr-densho-299-125)

Caption: "Yokohama Harbor in 1946. No large ships. Don't know where or if they had any left."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-125/

img A farmer in his rice paddy (ddr-densho-299-15)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77287. 14 July 47 / Japanese rice farming: / A Japanese farmer works in his / large rice paddy located near / Mount Fuji, Japan. Rice is first / planted in special beds of well / fertilized soil, and when it / reaches a certain size it is pulled / up and taken …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-15/

img Wounded Hideki Tojo in hospital (ddr-densho-299-145)

Caption: "Hideki Tojo 'the razor', realizing that his time was running short attempts to / 'save face' by suicide but his shot was not fatal."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-145/

img Japanese refugees paddle on makeshift raft through flooded village (ddr-densho-299-114)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-114/

img Contruction of the Tokyo Railway Station (ddr-densho-299-198)

Caption: "Tokyo railway station under reconstruction. 1947."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-198/

img General MacArthur lands in Japan (ddr-densho-299-121)

Caption: "General MacArthur alights from a C-54 at Atsugi airfield, 20 miles out of Tokyo, / for his first glimpse at Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-121/

img Japanese glassblower making a cocktail glass (ddr-densho-299-66)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2860. 23 April 49 / Manufacturing glassware in Japan: / A youthful employee at the Hoya Glass / Factory, Tokyo, Japan, uses a blowing / tube during the first stage of making / a cocktail glass. / Photographer - Girard / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-66/

img Prime Minister Yoshida dicussing rumors of resignation with some U.S. army troops (ddr-densho-299-188)

Two captions. Bottom side caption: "17 Jan 1947 Tokyo, Japan / Shown chatting with Prime Minister Yoshida and his secretary concerning / The resignation rumors which now prevail are: Lt. Ted Akimoto, U.S. Army / Photographer (extreme right) and T/4 Robert Shintani, Interpreter, ATIS, GHQ, / Far East Command." Right hand side caption: "I was the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-188/

img Officers of the 1st Cavalry Division (ddr-densho-299-149)

Caption: "The First Cavalry with their mania of 'firsts' have the first review of Tokyo."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-149/

img Refugees inspecting rubble from their homes (ddr-densho-299-42)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5384. 1 July 48 / Aftermath of quake in Japan: / In Morita, Japan, one of the Southern / sea towns hit hardest by the quake / which struck without warning, Japanese / return to their once proud city with / little to look forward to. The quake / which struck on 28 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-42/

img Workfloor of a factory showing the following writing on the wall: "Do Your Best! For the New Nippon Revival" (ddr-densho-299-37)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-75959. 17 June 47 / E.S.S. project: / Sign in the Hitachi Seiko Kaish- / a Ltd. machine tool plant, Chiba / Prefecture, Tokyo, Japan. This / factory is not currently slated for / reparations. / Photographer - Kondis / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-37/

img Japanese civilians returning from Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-120)

Caption: "Civilians repatriated from Manchuria."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-120/

img Japanese glassworker making a bowl (ddr-densho-299-65)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2855. 23 April 49 / Manufacturing of glassware in Japan: / With painstaking care a Japanese employee / at the Hoya Glass Factory, Tokyo, Japan, / fashions a glass bowl. / Photographer - Girard / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-65/

img Ruins from explosion (ddr-densho-299-147)

Caption: "One mile from the epicenter of the blast. Notice smokestacks still standing. / Circular objects must divert blast forces better than flat surfaces."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-147/