Nassrine Azimi PhD is special visiting professor at Hiroshima Shudo University, a former director and current senior advisor at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the co-founder/coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima. She has published numerous books and opinion pieces in the international press on multi-cultural and post-conflict issues.

• Acknowledgements, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, I. JAPAN'S CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE WAR, BRIDGES WITH THE UNITED STATES, II. PREREQUISITES FOR OCCUPATION-PLANNING THE U.S. POST-WAR POLICIES FOR JAPAN, III. 'UNDERSTANDING JAPAN' : THE JAPAN SPECIALISTS, IV. THE SHAPE OF THE OCCUPATION, V. THE ARTS AND MONUMENTS DIVISION, VI. CONCLUSIONS, ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOS REFERENCES

Nassrine Azimi PhD is special visiting professor at Hiroshima Shudo University, a former director and current senior advisor at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the co-founder/coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima. She has published numerous books and opinion pieces in the international press on multi-cultural and post-conflict issues.

• Acknowledgements, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, I. JAPAN'S CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE WAR, BRIDGES WITH THE UNITED STATES, II. PREREQUISITES FOR OCCUPATION-PLANNING THE U.S. POST-WAR POLICIES FOR JAPAN, III. 'UNDERSTANDING JAPAN' : THE JAPAN SPECIALISTS, IV. THE SHAPE OF THE OCCUPATION, V. THE ARTS AND MONUMENTS DIVISION, VI. CONCLUSIONS, ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOS REFERENCES

Nassrine Azimi PhD is special visiting professor at Hiroshima Shudo University, a former director and current senior advisor at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the co-founder/coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima. She has published numerous books and opinion pieces in the international press on multi-cultural and post-conflict issues.

• Acknowledgements, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, I. JAPAN'S CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE WAR, BRIDGES WITH THE UNITED STATES, II. PREREQUISITES FOR OCCUPATION-PLANNING THE U.S. POST-WAR POLICIES FOR JAPAN, III. 'UNDERSTANDING JAPAN' : THE JAPAN SPECIALISTS, IV. THE SHAPE OF THE OCCUPATION, V. THE ARTS AND MONUMENTS DIVISION, VI. CONCLUSIONS, ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOS REFERENCES