ocr: Land reform and educational reform were key to "the demllltarization and democratization agenda introduced by the Victorious Americans, (Dower, JAPAN IN WAR AND PEACE, pg. L 20). The victor' S authority carried enough weight to: make reforms that significantly altered Post-war Japan's future path. photo of Hiratsuka "My parents rebullt the house and we all came back to Hiratsuka and moved in, - : my mother continues. - Still, we didn't t see many Americans in Hiratsuka. RETURI