Season 16, Episode 1: Reckoning (Politics 1945-1954, Part 1)
The famous and enduring photo by Gaetano Faillace of SCAP Douglas MacArthur standing next to Emperor Hirohito which was taken in September of 1945. It is the first photograph to feature the emperor with any sense of realism, without using flattering angles. Source: Public Domain
An aerial photograph of Tokyo after a massive firebombing campaign by Allied air forces. Rebuilding Japan would be a big task, considering the profound level of destruction. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the Nihonbashi district in Tokyo in 1946. Massive piles of rubble and improvised dwelling places would remain part of Tokyo’s landscape for about a decade after the occupation. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the formerly-imprisoned leaders of the Japanese Communist Party on the day they were released from prison under an SCAP directive. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of some of the newly-elected diet members who were women – the first female diet members in the history of Japan. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Tojo Hideki (center-left, glasses, wearing microphone and headset) during the Tokyo Trials which determined that he was guilty of Class A warcrimes. Source: Public Domain
