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1945 September 2
 
   
World War II ends officially with the surrender of Japan, formally accepted by Douglas MacArthur      
1946  January I
 
   
The Japanese emperor Hirohito renounces his traditional divine status and declares that he is mortal      
1946  March 27
 
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Twenty-five Japanese defendants are put on trial in Tokyo, charged with war crimes     
1948
 
   
Ballerina Mikiko Matsuyama and her husband establish a family-run balllet company in Tokyo      
1948 December 23
 
    
Japanese premier Tojo Hideki is convicted in the Tokyo war crimes trial and is hanged       
1951
 
    
Japanese film director Kurosawa Akira makes an international reputation with Rashomon       
1954
 
    
Japanese film director Kurasawa Akira directs The Seven Samurai       
1956
 
    
Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima publishes The Temple of the Golden Pavilion       
c. 1965
 
   
Karaoke (abbreviated from the Japanese for 'empty orchestra') evolves in Japan      
1970
 
    
Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima commits suicide in the traditional Samurai manner