Actually I am now doing a history project and I have done A lots of Research on it on wikipedia and all… but have not found the answer, that the disaster incident of Pearl-Harbor (US) and after that more pathetic reply the incident of Hiroshima-Nagasaki have not impacted the modern relationship of two great nations?
And if effected then how…?
(It’s my question about my important history project so please answer compactly and nicely)
Thanks…:)
The post-WWII US-Japan relationship got very strong due to these reasons:
1. The US helped Japan rebuild the country and due to American influence, Japan became very "Americanized" (think why baseball is so popular in Japan) and capitalist in a region that was experiencing communist influence (for example China, North Korea, Vietnam). During the Cold War, the US wanted to do all it can to prevent communist expansion, and the three capitalist countries Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, were America’s "best friends" in Asia.
2. Japan and the US have a very close economic relationship.
3. At present, the rise of China and the insecurity of North Korea have made the Japan-US relationship even stronger.
Ultimately, Japan look up to the US as their "elder brother", while the same can be said of the US viewing Japan as a "sibling". In other words, whatever America does, Japan does. When America tries to get countries like China, Russia and France to do something, they tell America to f**k off and mind their own business, but Japan will always follow America - whether its politics, culturally, the latest fashion, the latest technology or the next American "cool thing".
Generally speaking, there have been tensions between the Japan-US relationship due to Japan’s successful economy from the 1960s - 1990s. There was a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment in the US when Japan’s economy started dominating the US and the public started boycotting companies like Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and Mitsubishi. However, since the decline of Japan’s economy in the 2000s, the tension has died down a bit.
I don’t think historical incidents like Pearl Harbor and the atomic bombings have affected the relationship at all. The reason is because Japan recovered very quickly after the war and so WWII was quickly forgotten. If Japan had lingered on in economic hardship after WWII, then the memories of the atomic bombings might still have an effect. But Japan and the US have never been at loggerheads since WWII, so the friendship has only got stronger politically, socially, economically and militarily. With the rise of China, and the US losing a lot of "friends" during the 2000s, I can only see the friendship strengthening.
December 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
The results of a properly executed war and a compassionate post-war period are unequivocal, Only one ignorant of history would be able to conclude there was no effect on US-Japan relations.
We also knew that the Japanese people in general, had no choice in the matter - their government up to that time was a true dictatorship (call it a monarchy if you want more accuracy). The people were forced to go along. Objective people can’t hold pawns responsible.
.bh.
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December 30th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I visited Pearl Harbor last summer.
The effects ….. sooooooo many families lost loved ones. Need I say more
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December 30th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Pearl harbor was a deliberate attack by Japan,militarily it was a great success for Japan and a calamity for the United States.
The dropping of the atom bombs on two cities was not in retaliation for Pearl harbor,but a calculated and reasonable military decision.
Based on the intensity of battles such as Jwo Jima,it was estimated that a land invasion of Japan mainland would have cost the lives of over a million Americans,on that premise,the decision to drop the bombs to force the surrender was a proper one.
Beside saving American lives,far fewer Japonese died than they would have in an invasion.
Relations between states changes all the time,we waged wars with England,Germany and Japan,and now we are allied with them.
We were allied with Russia,China and Iran and now they are our foes.
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December 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am
While the above answers are indeed eloquent and concise, they focus too much on why we went to war versus the post war plan.
the end of world war 2 was ended differently, not only by nuclear weapons but also an 2 prong approach, 1: The post war government was actually circumvented, Douglas MacArthur Governed the country until a stable a and viable (long term) government was elected. 2: a permamnent military presence in the country. Also, Japan was forbidden to ever field an army/navy/air force.
Another thing that helped was an allied effort to rebuild what had been destroyed, much like the marshall plan in europe. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was optimal, period. The that IS pathetic is what the jap army did to its prisoners of war and the people of china and the phillipines, not just pathetic but inhuman, pathetic is also the fact the the japanese government continue to deny things like the bataan death march and the rape of nanking, the other thing that is pathetic is you knowledge of the wars history. You are undoubtedly a jap,this level of ignorance makes me wish you had not surrendered, we would have bombed that jap rock back to the stone age.
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December 30th, 2009 at 10:04 am
The post-WWII US-Japan relationship got very strong due to these reasons:
1. The US helped Japan rebuild the country and due to American influence, Japan became very "Americanized" (think why baseball is so popular in Japan) and capitalist in a region that was experiencing communist influence (for example China, North Korea, Vietnam). During the Cold War, the US wanted to do all it can to prevent communist expansion, and the three capitalist countries Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, were America’s "best friends" in Asia.
2. Japan and the US have a very close economic relationship.
3. At present, the rise of China and the insecurity of North Korea have made the Japan-US relationship even stronger.
Ultimately, Japan look up to the US as their "elder brother", while the same can be said of the US viewing Japan as a "sibling". In other words, whatever America does, Japan does. When America tries to get countries like China, Russia and France to do something, they tell America to f**k off and mind their own business, but Japan will always follow America - whether its politics, culturally, the latest fashion, the latest technology or the next American "cool thing".
Generally speaking, there have been tensions between the Japan-US relationship due to Japan’s successful economy from the 1960s - 1990s. There was a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment in the US when Japan’s economy started dominating the US and the public started boycotting companies like Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and Mitsubishi. However, since the decline of Japan’s economy in the 2000s, the tension has died down a bit.
I don’t think historical incidents like Pearl Harbor and the atomic bombings have affected the relationship at all. The reason is because Japan recovered very quickly after the war and so WWII was quickly forgotten. If Japan had lingered on in economic hardship after WWII, then the memories of the atomic bombings might still have an effect. But Japan and the US have never been at loggerheads since WWII, so the friendship has only got stronger politically, socially, economically and militarily. With the rise of China, and the US losing a lot of "friends" during the 2000s, I can only see the friendship strengthening.
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December 30th, 2009 at 10:25 am
If you had studied it then you would know the impact. Before WW2 Japan and the US did not get along at all. After WW2 the relationship between the two countries grew closer. It’s something you see in history time and time again. Former enemies become friends and allies, it happens all the time.
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