2. ● Yoshida Doctrine
○ minimal military rearmament and focus on
economic recovery
● PM Hatoyama
○ wanted to normalize relations with USSR but the
US pressured the Japanese government that the
Okinawan occupation will continue if the peace
treaty with USSR was signed
● PM Ikeda
○ No foreign policy, except to follow America's lead
● PM Sato
○ Japan fully supported the US during the NoKor
and Vietnam war
Political
3. ● PM Tanaka
○ JP provided ODA to the Arab World
○ the start of breaking away from the US Policy
● PM Fukuda
○ Diplomatic activities remained premised on
relations with the US
○ "Second" Cold war tightend the bilateral relations
of the two states
○ JP followed the US in opposing USSR's invasion
of Afghanistan
○ JP followed the US boycott of the Olympics in
Moscow
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4. ● strong and advantageous
● highly integrated via trade in goods and
services
● large markets for each others' exports and
important sources of imports
● 30% of world domestic product as of 2011
●
Economic
5. ● Japan is heavily reliant on the US market
for the export of finished products such as
textiles, television sets, cars,
semiconductors, flat screens and DVD
players.
● 1985 Plaza Accord
○ drive down the value of the dollar and appreciate
the value of the yen
○ signed by Japan, the UK, Germany and the US
● Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement or
East Asian Bloc with China and Korea
Trade
6. ● Trade conflict in automobiles highlights a
significant change in the nature of the
economic relationship between the two
countries
● Two-thirds of Japan’s trade surplus was
from auto-related trade
● US threatened to impose tariffs, but Japan
continued to resist.
● Resorted to the WTO and made an
appeal.
Trade: Automobiles
7. ● Japan suspended US beef imports after
the identification of mad cow disease in
2003
● Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries (MAFF) introduced an inspection
regimen which called for a screening of all
cows and the removal of all organs and
tissue known to carry the disease
Trade: Beef
8. ● NAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement)
○ eliminated both tariff and non-tariff barriers
amongst US, Canada and Mexico
○ allowed Japanese companies in taking advantage
of the NAFTA trading agreements to keep
competitive.
○ A number of Japanese manufacturers responded
by moving their production facilities from East
Asia to Mexico.
JP-US Regional Projects
9. ● Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC)
○ Key multilateral forum for dealing with economic
and other issues on a regional basis
○ Early APEC years – Japan didn’t play a leading
role
○ US and Japan benefit from liberalization of
economies in the region
○ Japan resists US pressure to open up agriculture
sector
JP-US Regional Projects
