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All I can say is, welcome to globalisation. As another comment pointed out, the author hasn't really made the case what's so terribly unique about Japan's influ

All I can say is, welcome to globalisation. As another comment pointed out, the author hasn't really made the case what's so terribly unique about Japan's influence on the US and vice versa. Europe has tons of integration with the US, too. J-Pop has their equivalence in a whole range of British or French artists, Mazda has their equivalent in BMW, Sega in Rovio etc. And Europe has similar links with the Japan as the US does with Japan. Just looks like ordinary globalisation to me.

dragontamer 8y ago
> Europe has tons of integration with the US, too. But that's easy to see why. Europe and USA's history goes back to the beginning of the USA's existence. Various European countries (France, Britain, Spain) were colonizing huge parts of what eventually became USA territory in the 1800s. And the original 13-states themselves were a set of British colonies. That, the language-similarities, the religious similarities (historically Christian)... its no surprise that USA / Britain / France get along today. There's so much that's deeply in common that friendship is almost natural. The Japanese / USA relationship (and Japanese / European relationship) is unique in that there's no colonial, language or religious relationship between the countries. Japan was never a colony of a great European Power, Japan never really converted to Christianity, Japan never adopted the language of Europeans. So the very fact that a close relationship could be forged at all should be a surprise!
- IkmoIkmo 8y ago
  You're partly missing the point. It's not just about US vis a vis Japan and US vis a vis the EU... it's that the US/Japan relationship isn't radically different from the EU/Japan relationship, or in fact any two highly developed globalised countries.
  - mistermann 8y ago
    The US serves as Japan's military, which is not an unimportant difference.
- glandium 8y ago
  > The Japanese / USA relationship is unique in that there's no colonial (...) Strictly speaking, not colonial, but there was that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan

dragontamer 8y ago

> Europe has tons of integration with the US, too. But that's easy to see why. Europe and USA's history goes back to the beginning of the USA's existence. Various European countries (France, Britain, Spain) were colonizing huge parts of what eventually became USA territory in the 1800s. And the original 13-states themselves were a set of British colonies. That, the language-similarities, the religious similarities (historically Christian)... its no surprise that USA / Britain / France get along today. There's so much that's deeply in common that friendship is almost natural. The Japanese / USA relationship (and Japanese / European relationship) is unique in that there's no colonial, language or religious relationship between the countries. Japan was never a colony of a great European Power, Japan never really converted to Christianity, Japan never adopted the language of Europeans. So the very fact that a close relationship could be forged at all should be a surprise!

IkmoIkmo 8y ago
You're partly missing the point. It's not just about US vis a vis Japan and US vis a vis the EU... it's that the US/Japan relationship isn't radically different from the EU/Japan relationship, or in fact any two highly developed globalised countries.
- mistermann 8y ago
  The US serves as Japan's military, which is not an unimportant difference.
glandium 8y ago
> The Japanese / USA relationship is unique in that there's no colonial (...) Strictly speaking, not colonial, but there was that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan