During the occupation of Japan, the complete demilitarization of Japan, stipulated in an international treaty that would include the Soviet Union, was suggested in a paper by George F. Kennan, provided that Japan would be deemed safe from internal unrest and should tensions with the Soviets not continue.
Suppose that for whatever reason, the US insisted upon it? How would Japan have dealt with this in later years? Would it have tried to skirt around it like it did in establishing the JSDF after interpreting the constitution to allow it?