He concentrated upon reconstructing Japan's domestic economy while relying heavily on the security alliance with the United States.
One important aspect of the Constitution was Article 9 which stated that "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation" and that military forces "will never be maintained".
[3] The Yoshida doctrine and Japan's foreign policy of the time, emphasized mutual relations with the United States.
Japan relied on the United States’ military for security, because of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, being denied the right to war-making potential.
Exports to the United States at the time played a large role in Japan's economic development.
Yoshida and finance minister Hayato Ikeda took leadership roles as Japan began to rebuild its industrial infrastructure and placed a premium on unrestrained economic growth.