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Japanese Government
By: Nick Leech and Andy Ladzinski

The fall of the Japanese Empire began in 1931 with the first invasion of China. The last Japanese Emperor to have control over Japan was Hirohito. Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 America declared war on Japan, once the Americans won the war Japan was occupied by a foreign power, the first time in many years. The loss of the war and the occupation was the beginning of the end for the Empire of Japan. From the very beginning of the occupation under General Douglas MacArthur the government was in reform, creating a new government of Constitutional Monarchy. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhirohito.htm media type="youtube" key="bwFF_0fugR8" width="425" height="350" []