Japanese Emperor Showa (R) and US General Douglas MacArthur (L) at the US Embassy in Tokyo on September 27, 1945. MacArthur oversaw the transformation of a country that waged a brutal war of ... more 

Japanese Emperor Showa (R) and US General Douglas MacArthur (L) at the US Embassy in Tokyo on September 27, 1945. MacArthur oversaw the transformation of a country that waged a brutal war of acquisition across Asia into a peaceable nation that would become the economic powerhouse of the late 20th century less