<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: ngemva kokunqotshwa kwayo eMpini Yezwe II, iJapane yathunjwa iMelika futhi yasebenzisa kakhulu amabutho aseMelika. Uphethiloli wawuthengiswa ngamalitha nendwangu ngeyadi. UMkhandlu Wabuyekeza izilinganiso zezwe futhi, ngokuvunyelwa okuhlala, wakhipha uMthetho Wezokulinganisa ngoJuni 1951 owawuqinisekisa kabusha inhloso yawo yokuqhubeka nokusetshenziswa kwe-metric yaseJapane, kusukela ngosuku lokuqala luka-1959. Ngo-August 1955, kwasungulwa iKomiti Yokukhuthaza Uhlelo Lwe-Metric engahleliwe futhi ngokwezifiso yizazi ezithakazelayo, izisebenzi zikahulumeni, kanye nosomabhizinisi, benza umkhankaso wokuqwashisa umphakathi futhi bafuna ukufeza okuningi kokuguqulwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi esinqunyiwe ngangokunokwenzeka. Impumelelo yayo yokuqala kwaba ukuguqulwa kokuthengiswa kwamaswidi ezitolo ezinkulu zaseTokyo kusuka ku- momme kuya ku-gram ngoSepthemba 1956; abanye balandela, ne-NHK ehola ekusetshenzisweni kwabezindaba. 