Editing Book burning (section)

=== Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952 CE)===
{{Further|Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers#Media censorship}}

During the Allied [[occupation of Japan]], [[Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers|GHQ]] officials banned any kind of criticism of the Allies or "reactionary" political ideas and many books were confiscated and burned. Over 7,000 books were destroyed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nishio |first=Kanji |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427545621 |title=GHQ funsho tosho kaifū |date=2008 |publisher=Tokuma Shoten |isbn=978-4-19-862516-0 |location=Tokyo |language=ja |oclc=427545621 |author-link=Kanji Nishio}}</ref>