Unrest in Japan III

The History of Current Events

With the American occupation ending, Japan in the 1950s seemed to have a bright future ahead. This however was not the case, for virtually the entire decade of 1950 Japan went from protest to protest which brought chaos and instability to the land. Nobusuke Kishi having garnered mass power and political connections would eventually assume the premiership, can this former war criminal, with his brutal methods, bring stability to Japan?
Topics Covered
Bloody May Day
Sunagawa Struggle
Nobusuke Kishi becomes Prime Minister
Girard Incident
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
ANPO
The May 19th Incident
Anti-treaty protests
The Hagerty Incident
The Anpo Protests

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