Us. And Japan
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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
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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
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Contain communism during cold war
Peace in Asia
Japan’s concerns
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Defense of Japan
Economic growth
U.S tendency toward unilateralism