Two young Japanese men in school or cadet-style uniforms pose on a village street during the Allied Occupation of Japan following World War II. In the background, an American serviceman in white uniform passes by, a common sight as U.S. military personnel and Japanese civilians shared daily life in the years after the war. Photographs like this document the everyday coexistence and cultural encounters that characterized the Occupation era, from roughly 1945 to 1952. Project: 218591