# Legal authority of US government in post-WW2 Japan **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
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Just FYI, I’ve started a new topic. > [@On the End of Wars (But not War)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-end-of-wars-but-not-war/1029524): > > Continuing the discussion from [Legal authority of US government in post-WW2 Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-authority-of-us-government-in-post-ww2-japan/1029514/14): Here, people can feel free to discuss all manners of wars which may or may not have ended depending on how technical or pedantic you want to be. On the subject of the Korean War… Not my position. It’s objective reality. Look up “frozen conflict” sometime. Whether North and South Korea might be in a frozen conflict has little to no bearing on whether the US and North Korea are. My position is simple: in the … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-authority-of-us-government-in-post-ww2-japan/1029514)._