How Do The Americans And Japanese See Each Other

Ankit Panda, The Diplomat: How Do the United States and Japan See Each Other?

A new study sheds light on public attitudes in the United States and Japan.

The alliance between the United States and Japan is turning out to be one of the more important geopolitical features of the Asia-Pacific region amid China’s rise. Over the past 40 some years, the alliance has been central to Asia’s security architecture. As times change in the region, so has the alliance. Japan, long a pacifist state without much of an interest in military matters, is redefining the role of its Self-Defense Forces following a resolution that now allows the country to exercise the right to collective self-defense. As a consequence of that move, the United States and Japan are revisiting their defense cooperation guidelines — the terms that govern the nature of military cooperation between the two countries.

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