A proposed 4-way partition of Japan following World War 2

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The map represents the proposal of the possible partition of Japan as a result of defeating Japan in the Second World War into territories controlled by different powers, something pretty similar to what happened in Germany.

It was supposed to divide Japan into the following six regions:

• Tokyo, with control, shared between the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China, and the Soviet Union.
• Osaka with jointly control by the United States and the Taiwan (the Republic of China).
• Hokkaidō, Kuril Islands, and northern Honshū, with control by the Soviet Union.
• Ryūkyū Islands and the central part of Honshū, are controlled by the United States.
• Shikoku with control by the (the Republic of China).
• Kyūshū and western part of Honshū controlled by the United Kingdom.

The proposal wasn’t implemented, and Japan remained under the dominion of the United States after World War II.