Oh, yeah, the United States military took over the country and changed things. Funny how that only worked one time. Too bad it would never apply to the Middle East.
Okay, so did I sound like a liberal on a talk show?
"Gee, if the Japanese were such terrible people, how did they ever have such a major conversion in 1945?"
There was kind of a "bubble" of conversion among a certain segment of the possibility, while other segments paid lip service and ensured that the educational system would not bring about lasting and universal conversion.
The pacifism of the Japanese people is about a micron deep. The powers that be could have them howling for war inside a week.
"among a certain segment of the possibility"
Good Lord, is this Alzheimer's?
That should be, "...among a certain segment of the population..."