AHC/WI: American Shogun

[Kibbutznik]

What if during the occupation of Japan during WWII, the U.S. decided that, much like Germany, Japan should not be able to regain its independence in a complete manner?

Seeing as how the Americans hated the Japanese more than the Germans, what are the chances that, taking inspiration from the Shogunate era, Americans reinstall the parliamentary Japanese government but also write it into the constitution that a governor-general/shogun-esque administrator, usually in the form of a U.S. military commander, would preside over the government's foreign policy to eliminate any chances of a militaristic resurgence by Japan?

 

[Thothian]

What if during the occupation of Japan during WWII, the U.S. decided that, much like Germany, Japan should not be able to regain its independence in a complete manner?

Seeing as how the Americans hated the Japanese more than the Germans, what are the chances that, taking inspiration from the Shogunate era, Americans reinstall the parliamentary Japanese government but also write it into the constitution that a governor-general/shogun-esque administrator, usually in the form of a U.S. military commander, would preside over the government's foreign policy to eliminate any chances of a militaristic resurgence by Japan?

There's something sort of like that now. It's called a Pact of Free Association. It's the agreement the US has with several of the Pacific Island territories it administrates. In such a pact, the US has full authority over the foreign policy and defense of the territory in question, while the area retains full sovereignty over its internal and domestic affairs.

And MacArthur was referred to by the Japanese as the " Gaijin Shogun". So this could happen, I just don't know what sort of POD you would need.

 

[Kibbutznik]

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