In Japan, the position was generally referred to as GHQ (General Headquarters), as SCAP also referred to the offices of the occupation, including a staff of several hundred U.S. civil servants as well as military personnel.
I Japan omnämns befattningen allmänt som GHQ (av engelskans General Headquarters, generalhögkvarteren), då SCAP även syftade på ockupationsbyråerna, inklusive såväl flera hundratals amerikanska statstjänstemän som militär personal.