An American soldier shares cigarettes and chocolate with his Japanese girlfriend outside of Tokyo, Japan in 1946. The soldier is in fact violating restrictions on giving Japanese civilians such rations. Many Americans stationed in Japan for the 10 years of the US occupation after WWII integrated with the locals. Around 2.3 Million Japanese soldiers died in the war, with another 326,000 wounded. Not only that, all surrendering soldiers were not allowed to return to a daily life so quickly. Over 4.4 percent of the Japanese population died, with their entire government, economy, and infrastructure broken down. This left many families, especially young women, no way to support themselves. But the hundred of thousands of American men stationed in the country had access to necessities which made such relationships commonplace and totally acceptable across the country.