AHC/Collab: Japanese pacification governement

Hello everybody,
I've got a challenge for you and it's ganna help for my AH book "Au bord de l'Abime".

In my story japaneses pacifist faction goes stronger after the defeat at Midway and his able to convince Showa Tenno to overthrow Tojo governement and start peace talk with the Allies.
This coup occurs in parrapelle with a big aeronaval battle in the Mariannas Island which is undecisive with heavy losses for both sides (I don't give too much details to avoid spoil).

So in January 5 1944, a new governement is constitued and a proposal to engage real peace proposal is sent to the allies via embassies of neutral countries.
A counter coup like "Kyujo incident" occurs but failed.

Here's my current "pacification" governement:

Prime Minister : Yonai Mitsumasa (from 1944 to 1945)
War Minister : Naruhiko Higashikuni
Chief of general Staff: Hata Shunroku
Army Minister: ?
Marine minister: Nagano Osami
Marine chief of staff: Ozawa Jisaburo
Finance, Commerce & Industry minister: Hogawa Gotaro
Welfare & Education minister: ?
Foreign affairs minister: Shigemitsu Mamoru
Minister of security: Goto Fumio
Laters:
1945 creation of airforce independate from the army: 1st chief of staff is Genda Minoru.
Yamamoto Isoroku prime minister from 1945 to 1946 (yes he's still a live ITTL).
Prince Chichibu disapear after the "counter coup" presumed dead.
Nobuhito Takamatsu assume imperial power after hirohito abdicates in 1946. Nobuhito assumes regency until is death in 1987 and Akihito take the throne.
Additionnals info about the Peace treaty:
Signed in Manilla.
Japane back to prewar borders (keeps Formosa).
Interdiction of active military to held any minister.
European power must engage decolonization process when war in Europe ends.
Japan must decolonise Korean peninsula.
Mandchurian Republic declare independance after Puyi abdicates.
US aid to devellop Japan, Mandchuria and Korea to devellop democratic governement and their economic system.
Japan is help by the US to counter "communiste" influencies in Asia.
Trial handled by japanese and Allies against war japaneses war criminal (nick named japanese purge).
You're challenge is to make this governement slowly evolve to something quite similar to what we know in OTL post War.
Please give some info if you use people who are quite "unknown".
If you have idea to devellop japanese economy earlier than OTL, you're welcome.

I'll credit helpfull people in my book.
 
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You can always use Nobusuke Kishi for something like this. OTL he established the 55 system, essentially setting up the hypersized LDP we know now. He can be the blessed Japanese politician who shapes "Japanese Democracy". Also, since there isn't specifications on what this "pacifist government" essentially is, I have to ask: do they have a legal military? Or are they forced to be like OTL?
Further question would be on how displaced Koreans would be repatriated. The leader of Korea would presumably be Kim Gu, as Rhee only came to power by luck and chance.
 
The army will have a purge of it's extremist elements. Air Force will became independante to reduce the army strenght.
But no JSDF.

By "pacifist" I mean: people who want to but an to the war before it's to late for Japan (ruins and destruction) and want to comeback to some democraty. Some of the same people who said to the Empror "War against the US is a bad idea".

Displaced Korean will be progressively rapatriated in Korea by Japanese governement for those who were in japanese army.

Yes, Kim Koo will be the 1st President of Korea.
But URSS will provide arms and material to Kim Il sung and its friends to fight against the "imperialist puppet". And a civil war will occurs in Korea...
 
zeppelinair as I see you works on few "Asian" TL, your probable an "expert". If needed, can I sent you MP to ask question?

Did someine have an idea of who can be Army Minister, Welfare & Education minister in my 1st "pacification" governement?
 
zeppelinair as I see you works on few "Asian" TL, your probable an "expert". If needed, can I sent you MP to ask question?

Did someine have an idea of who can be Army Minister, Welfare & Education minister in my 1st "pacification" governement?

Of course, go ahead. I'm about to go asleep now though, it's 3 in the morning here.
 
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