The re-education of the Japanese people

The major problem of this study was to discover and analyze the experiences and contacts of the Japanese people relative to education; and, in the light of these findings, to draw conclusions to the following pertinent questions regarding the re-education of the Japanese during the American occupation in Japan: 1. What was the fundamental objective of the American occupation in Japan relative to the re-education of the Japanese people? 2. Is the new Japanese educational system, adopted during the American occupation, more democratic than the old educational system under the Japanese Empire? 3. Was the Oriental mind in Japan receptive to democratic ideologies?