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===Occupation===
===Occupation===
[[File:Ryukyuseifu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A photo of the ''Rippôin'', where the Ryûkyû Government (''Ryûkyû seifu'') - the elected Okinawan representative assembly under US Occupation - met. Today the site of the Okinawa Prefectural Legislature (''Okinawa kenchô'').]]
Following the end of World War II, Allied forces occupied Japan, placing it under martial law. For the next seven years or so, up until 1952, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his SCAP offices oversaw considerable rebuilding efforts, as well as changes in the education system, reorganization of government and economy, and so forth.
Following the end of World War II, Allied forces occupied Japan, placing it under martial law. For the next seven years or so, up until 1952, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his SCAP offices oversaw considerable rebuilding efforts, as well as changes in the education system, reorganization of government and economy, and so forth.