one reason “libs” don’t like MacArthur regarding his rule over Japan, is that he refused to permit the Soviets to take possession of the northern island and to have representatives on the other islands. He came the Soviets out of Japan and thus thwarted their plan to turn at least part of Japan into a communist state, like happened in North Korea and East Germany.
Doesn’t Russia still occupy one of Japan’s furthest northern island? The Kuril Islands