The occupation brought a lot of many changes. General Douglas MacArther introduced three major programs during this occupation. They included Demilitarization, democratization and bringing war criminals to trial. All three of these new programs had many different effects for everyone. General MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender and took control of the US occupation of Japan. Right when he took leader he was determined to build a new stabilized foundation full of peace and order. He began this new process with something called demilitarization. This getting rid of Japanese forces. This didn't take long to do at all and he ended up leaving the Japan army with only a small armed force. The next part to his new strategies was the
