Talk:Postwar Japan

message: I have made this page a timeline of the Showa period.
This increase in the volume was enough to knock off 'stub' notation but might not be what should be here.
Anyway feel free to contribute.
Revth 13:59, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit

message: I propose that Postwar Japan be merged into Post-occupation Japan. As far as I can tell, they refer to nearly the same thing. "Post-occupation Japan" is an older and larger article, hence why I propose "Postwar Japan" be merged into it, rather than the other way around. Citobun (talk) 09:07, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Japan was occupied until 1952, so I don't think the title "Post-occupation Japan" would be very clear or accurate, because it doesn't account for the almost 7 years of occupation after the war. I agree it is confusing have two articles on more or less the same theme though. It you are going to merge it, please also rename the new merged page. I suggest "Post-World War II Japan", as that would be in keeping with other nominclature. There are alot of other "Post-World War II ...." articles, e.g. "Post-World War II Poland".Felixkrater (talk) 17:47, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Support merge in reverse-Postwar Japan is much more inclusive than the Post-occupation Japan period. Agree with 's naming choice.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:14, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

text: I'd like to see this moved to Postwar Japan. One would be hard-pressed to find history books covering the specific category of "post-occupation Japan" from 1952 to present. In fact, I can't find any at all in English. However, postwar Japan is a very significant field of study: Postwar Japan as History by Andrew Gordon, The Diplomatic History of Postwar Japan by Makoto Iokibe, Japan's Postwar History by Gary D. Allinson, Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan by William D. Hoover, etc... Kate Riley2019 (talk) 12:56, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I much prefer "postwar Japan" -- as do the reliable sources. Rjensen (talk) 15:12, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly agree with the consensus here, and not sure why this hasn't been done yet. "Post-occupation Japan" as a distinct time period lasting from 1952 to 1989 is not an actual thing. This is neither how Japanese periodize their own history nor how English language scholarship does so. Even a cursory search of academic literature shows overwhelming use of "postwar Japan" to describe this time period, and includes the Occupation. --Ash-Gaar (talk) 05:34, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  The page is now titled Postwar Japan --Ash-Gaar (talk) 14:16, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: @TH1980: Have you read Murakami's first book? The source being cited is discussing the author's entire oeuvre, all of which either appeared after this period or at the very end of said period. Admittedly, the book was published in 1995, but there are still at least a dozen more representative "post-Occupation" authors who should be mentioned in this article before Murakami, and if you are that interested in show-horning Murakami into this article, then the WP:BURDEN is on you to do the work and add the others first. (The exact list can be found in any source discussing "post-Occupation". Most such sources no doubt completely ignore Murakami -- you need to find a source that does discuss Murakami specifically as a "post-Occupation" author along with all the other authors more representative of this period. The book Magical Realism : Theory, History, Community fails this test.) Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 01:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post-occupation cultural developments