Us. And Japan By:Nathan Lewis Outline ● ● Security Relationship Security treaty Divergent considerations Current issues Economic relationship U.S occupation of japan ● August 1945- April 1952 ● SCAP Douglas Macarthur ● General peace treaty in San francisco in september 1951 U.S-Japan Alliance ● One if the most important components of the S.S security Policy in AsiaPacific region ● Bilateral versus multilateral security arrangement ● Japan’s only security relationship ● Unique Alliance being the only one formed between the winner and loser of a significant war ● Survived due to the cold war U.S-Japan Security Treaty ● - U.s. troops and military base in Japan For regional security Against internal riots Against external military attacks Formed in 1951 and revised in 1960 U.S. Concerns - Contain communism during cold war Peace in Asia Japan’s concerns - Defense of Japan Economic growth U.S tendency toward unilateralism