Question

What were the primary goals in restructuring the Japanese economy? Check all that apply.

allowing trade unions
establishing keiretsu
dissolving zaibatsu
introducing land reforms
privatizing the banks

Answer 1

Correct choices:
- allowing trade unions
- dissolving zaibatsu
- introducing land reforms

Explanation (brief): After WWII the Allied occupation aimed to democratize and decentralize Japan’s economy and society: break up the powerful zaibatsu monopolies, carry out land reform to weaken landlord elites and broaden land ownership, and promote labor rights (legalizing and encouraging unions). Establishing keiretsu was not an occupation goal (they emerged later as a postwar development), and “privatizing the banks” was not a primary stated objective in the reforms.