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xxvi • CHRONOLOGY<br />
Lower House. 22 April: Shidehara Cabinet resigns en masse. 29 April:<br />
Indictments <strong>of</strong> 28 Class-A war criminals announced. 3 May: International<br />
Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo (informally<br />
known as Tokyo War Crimes Trials). 4 May: GHQ announces purge <strong>of</strong><br />
Ichiro Hatoyama, president <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Japan</strong> Liberal Party. 14 May: Foreign<br />
Minister Shigeru Yoshida becomes president <strong>of</strong> the Liberal Party.<br />
22 May: First Yoshida Cabinet established. 16 August: <strong>Japan</strong> Federation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Economic Organizations (Keidanren) established. 3 November: The<br />
new, postwar <strong>Japan</strong>ese Constitution is promulgated. 20 November:<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce and Industry (Nihon Shoko Kaigisho) established.<br />
1947 January: <strong>Japan</strong>ese workers call for a general strike. 31 January:<br />
General Douglas MacArthur orders the planned 1 February general<br />
strike stopped. 31 March: Democratic Party established. 31 March: Basic<br />
Education Law promulgated. 14 April: Anti-monopoly Law promulgated.<br />
25 April: 23rd general election held. 3 May: New <strong>Japan</strong>ese Constitution<br />
becomes effective. 18 May: Hitoshi Ashida becomes president<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Democratic Party and Kijuro Shidehara honorary president. 1<br />
June: Tetsu Katayama Cabinet established. It lasts until 10 March 1948.<br />
18 December: Elimination <strong>of</strong> Excessive Concentration <strong>of</strong> Economic<br />
Power Act promulgated.<br />
1948 10 March: Hitoshi Ashida Cabinet established. It lasts until<br />
15 October 1948. 15 March: Democratic Liberal Party established with<br />
Shigeru Yoshida as president. 20 March: Draper Mission comes to<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> headed by Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Army William Draper. 18 May:<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> the Army announces the Draper Mission Report. 15 August:<br />
The Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea (ROK) is established in southern Korea.<br />
9 September: The Democratic People’s Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea is established<br />
in northern Korea. 15 October: Second Yoshida Cabinet established.<br />
12 November: Twenty-five Class-A war criminals are convicted<br />
at the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. 9 December: U.S. government pulls<br />
back FEC 230 (the Elimination <strong>of</strong> Excessive Concentration <strong>of</strong> Economic<br />
Power Act). 24 December: GHQ announces that it will release<br />
19 war crime suspects including Nobusuke Kishi.<br />
1949 1 February: Joseph Dodge arrives in <strong>Japan</strong>. 16 February:<br />
Third Yoshida Cabinet established. 7 March: Joseph Dodge makes an
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