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Shinto Directive (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Shinto Directive, community-edited. States the December 15, 1945 GHQ order, formally "Abolition of Governmental Sponsorship, Support, Perpetuation, Control, and Dissemination of State Shinto," SCAPIN 448, its prohibition on public funding and compulsory participation, and its ban on teaching the emperor's divine descent and Japanese racial superiority.

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Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_Directive
Source Type
reference
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the exact date, formal title and content of the December 1945 order disestablishing State Shinto, all stated plainly in the article's own text.
Notes
Used for Shinto's own homeland disestablishment as a state institution under Allied occupation.
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