# Legal authority of US government in post-WW2 Japan

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-authority-of-us-government-in-post-ww2-japan/1029514 "2026-04-23T14:43:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-authority-of-us-government-in-post-ww2-japan/1029514/14 "2026-04-24T00:48:51Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> So your position is that a war started without a formal declaration of war still needs a formal peace treaty to end?

Not my position. It’s objective reality. Look up “frozen conflict” sometime.

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