<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_Directive" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shinto Directive">Shinto Directive</a>: General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> orders that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> be abolished as the state religion of Japan.