Thomas French is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and his broader research interests include U.S.-Japan relations, the Japanese automotive and arms industries, and the Japanese Self Defence Forces.

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• Introduction – Thomas FrenchPart 1: Planning, Reform, and Recovery Japanese Agency and Business Reform in Occupied Japan: The Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu Dissolution – Steven J. Ericson Japan’s Postwar Social Metabolic Crisis – Mark Metzler The Role of the Frontier: GHQ's Economic Policies and Hokkaidō – Juha Saunavaara Part 2: Industries under the Occupation An Empire Reborn: The Japanese Fishing Industry during the Occupation – William M. Tsutsui Fiats and Jeeps: The Occupation, Jeeps, and the Postwar Automotive Industry - Thomas French The Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry and Economic Recovery under SCAP – Takahiro Ohata Part 3: Socioeconomic Changes in the Occupation Era The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan – Steven Ivings Good Wife, Wise Mother and Americanised Consumer: The Forced Social Democratisation of the Private Sphere in Occupied Japan – Zsombor Rajkai

Thomas French is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and his broader research interests include U.S.-Japan relations, the Japanese automotive and arms industries, and the Japanese Self Defence Forces.

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• Introduction – Thomas FrenchPart 1: Planning, Reform, and Recovery Japanese Agency and Business Reform in Occupied Japan: The Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu Dissolution – Steven J. Ericson Japan’s Postwar Social Metabolic Crisis – Mark Metzler The Role of the Frontier: GHQ's Economic Policies and Hokkaidō – Juha Saunavaara Part 2: Industries under the Occupation An Empire Reborn: The Japanese Fishing Industry during the Occupation – William M. Tsutsui Fiats and Jeeps: The Occupation, Jeeps, and the Postwar Automotive Industry - Thomas French The Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry and Economic Recovery under SCAP – Takahiro Ohata Part 3: Socioeconomic Changes in the Occupation Era The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan – Steven Ivings Good Wife, Wise Mother and Americanised Consumer: The Forced Social Democratisation of the Private Sphere in Occupied Japan – Zsombor Rajkai

Thomas French is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and his broader research interests include U.S.-Japan relations, the Japanese automotive and arms industries, and the Japanese Self Defence Forces.

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• Introduction – Thomas FrenchPart 1: Planning, Reform, and Recovery Japanese Agency and Business Reform in Occupied Japan: The Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu Dissolution – Steven J. Ericson Japan’s Postwar Social Metabolic Crisis – Mark Metzler The Role of the Frontier: GHQ's Economic Policies and Hokkaidō – Juha Saunavaara Part 2: Industries under the Occupation An Empire Reborn: The Japanese Fishing Industry during the Occupation – William M. Tsutsui Fiats and Jeeps: The Occupation, Jeeps, and the Postwar Automotive Industry - Thomas French The Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry and Economic Recovery under SCAP – Takahiro Ohata Part 3: Socioeconomic Changes in the Occupation Era The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan – Steven Ivings Good Wife, Wise Mother and Americanised Consumer: The Forced Social Democratisation of the Private Sphere in Occupied Japan – Zsombor Rajkai