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Reforming Japan Faces Threats to Democracy
All-America basketball star Elgin Baylor of Seattle University began his collegiate cage career at the College of Idaho. The piece examines postwar Japan's democracy under U.S. occupation, noting efforts by revisionists and figures like Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi to roll back reforms and restore traditional powers, while a growing reformist mood supports human rights and suffrage.
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Douglas MacArthur
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Nobusuke Kishi
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Tokyo Asahi Evening News
Elgin Baylor
Seattle University
College of Idaho