A Storm Ahead For The U.S.-Japan Alliance? -- Small Wars Journal
After suffering another humiliating defeat in local elections in Tokyo, Prime Minister Taro Aso has called for a general election for Japan’s lower house of parliament to be held on August 30. Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party has, except for a quirky two-year period in the mid-1990s, basically ruled Japanese politics since the country regained its sovereignty after World War II. Yet the LDP is predicted to lose power to the Democratic Party, an event which would be a watershed in Japanese political history.
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Update #1: Will US-Japan Alliance Survive? - -Korea Times opinion
Update #2: The coming tsunami from Japan -- Foreign Policy Blog
My Comment: U.S. Japanese relations are not going to change for the foreseeable future ... both parties have far more issues in common than issues that separate them.