This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the end of World War II in Asia following the surrender of Japan.
 Control over all territories except the Japanese mainland (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and some 6000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the Unconditional Surrender after World War II and the Treaty of San Francisco.
 A number of territories occupied by the United States (the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) after 1945 have been returned to Japan, see Japan–United States relations for details.
 In 2005, there are still a number of disputed territories with Russia (the Kuril Islands dispute), South Korea (the Liancourt Rocks dispute), the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (the Senkaku Islands dispute).
 See Foreign relations of Japan for details.
The Order of the Golden Kite (金鵄勲章 , Kinshi Kunsho ) was an order of the Empire of Japan, established on 12 February 1890 by Emperor Meiji "in commemoration of Jimmu Tennō, the Romulus of Japan."
 It was officially abolished by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers of Occupied Japan in 1947 after World War II.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Geoffrey Pike, (29 June 1906 – 1 June 1983) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
 He served in the Second World War as a night fighter squadron commander and then as a station commander.
 He was Chief of the Air Staff in the early 1960s and, in that role, deployed British air power as part of the British response to the Brunei Revolt.
 Also, in the face of escalating costs, he implemented the cancellation of the British Blue Streak ballistic missile system but then found the RAF was without any such capability when the Americans cancelled their own Skybolt ballistic missile system.
 He went on to be Deputy Supreme Commander Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in the mid-1960s.
Meiji Seimei Kan (明治生命館) is a building in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan.
 It was designed by Shinichiro Okada and completed in March 1934.
 During the Shōwa period, its metal fittings were requisitioned by the government of Japan.
 It survived the bombing of Tokyo during World War II, but was taken over by the General Headquarters / Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ/SCAP) after the war.
 It was returned to the government of Japan in 1956.
 In 1997, this building was designated a National Important Cultural Property.
 It was the first building erected in the Showa period to receive this honour.
Clovis E. Byers (5 November 1899 – 13 December 1973) was an American soldier and general in the first half of the 20th century.
 He is best known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II and in the Occupation of Japan.
 He was wounded while leading American troops from the front at the Battle of Buna-Gona.
 He also played an important part in the fighting at Lone Tree Hill, Biak, and the Philippines campaign (1944–45).
 After the war, he commanded the famous 82nd Airborne Division.
 He commanded the X Corps in the Korean War and as such was in overall command at the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge and the Battle of Bloody Ridge.
The Treaty of London was signed by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on 6 July 1827.
 The three main European powers had called upon Greece and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) to cease hostilities that had been going on since the Greeks had revolted against Ottoman rule on 6 March 1821.
 After years of negotiation, the European allied powers had finally decided to intervene in the war on the side of the Greeks.
 The allied powers mainly wanted this treaty to cause the Ottoman Empire to create an independent Greek state.
 It stated that while the Ottoman Empire should recognize the independence of Greece, the Sultan would be the supreme ruler of Greece.
 The treaty declared the intention of the three Allied powers to mediate between the Greeks and the Ottoman Turks.
 The base arrangement was that Greece would become a dependency of Turkey and pay tribute as such Additional articles were added to detail the response should the Turkish Sultan refuse the offer of mediation and continue hostilities in Greece.
 These articles detailed that the Turks had 1 month to accept the mediation or that the Allied powers would form a partnership with the Greeks through commercial relations.
 Measures were also adopted that if the Ottoman Sultan refused the armistice, the Allies would use the appropriate force to ensure the adoption of the armistice.
The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) (originally briefly styled Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.
Frank Shōzō Baba (フランク 正三 馬場, January 3, 1915 – January 16, 2008) was a Japanese American Nisei who made radio broadcasts during World War II in the United States and in post-war Japan.
 He spent twelve years in Japan from the age of six months; another six years from age 29, and four and half years from age 46.
 He was a member of Voice of America under the Office of War Information in June 1942, as well as in 1952 and 1960.
 He was well known for his contributions to the Japanese broadcasting industry after World War II at NHK under the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (GHQ) and in initiating commercial broadcasting in Japan.
The Civil Censorship Department was created within the Civil Intelligence Section of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
 It exercised considerable influence over the operation and administration of the American Occupation of Japan after World War II.
The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth.
 Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan.
 This foreign presence marked the only time in Japan's history that it had been occupied by a foreign power.
 The country became a parliamentary democracy that recalled "New Deal" priorities of the 1930s by Roosevelt.
 The occupation, codenamed Operation "Blacklist", was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereigntywith the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands was fully restored.

Question: Who was the supreme commander of the allied powers when Clovis E. Byers served during the occupation of Japan?
Answer: General Douglas MacArthur,