Tell me what was Japan like before ww2 when they were actually completely independent? Who won ww2 and has been occupying the country ever since? Who purged 200,000 officials from power in Japan and imposed press codes, so that nationalists become silenced in Japan?

Tell me what was Japan like before ww2 when they were actually completely independent? Who won ww2 and has been occupying the country ever since? Who purged 200k officials from power in Japan and imposed press codes, so that nationalists become silenced in Japan?