Reagan strengthened the dollar to the point that he almost destroyed domestic manufacturing. Japan agreed to aid in depreciating the dollar to counteract this but ended up nuking their own economy in the process, leading to the so called "lost decades".

>>18370687
Because Japan can help the United States win a war with China while Israel doesn't do anything other than repeat the Crusades that were responsible for England's failure to repeat the American colonial conquests of it's Viking brothers for more than 5 centuries

>>18370687
>Area denial to the commies
>Staging area for mainland shenanigans
>no more nippon militarism
It has been a fruitful alliance

>>18370687
having peace in East Asia is a great benefit especially after the region has suffered the worst bloodbath ever - the equivalent of a hundred holocausts or something.

Major trade partner, hundreds of billions a year
Major defense partner
Major investor in the US economy
Major lender to US government

Why are you asking us when you can just search google or ask AI? Fucking retard.

>>18370740
Israel is an attack dog to keep the house of Saud in power so that the oil is safe and secure.