"There is no doubt they're on a solid footing. I think - and you've got to look at it across four kind of buckets, if I could. There's a geostrategic, military, economic and then cultural. Going backwards, you know, there's the great pastime in Japan is baseball. You got a Japanese player - two players for the Dodgers... And he's taking America and Japan by storm."
"You look at economic - Japan's the No. 1 foreign investor in the United States in the last five years. Half the money goes into manufacturing and industrial. That will probably continue. And America's the No. 1 investor in Japan. IBM, by way of example, Micron, by way of example, probably some of the largest foreign companies that are employers in Japan."
U.S.-Japan relations rest on geostrategic, military, economic, and cultural pillars. Cultural connections include shared pastimes such as baseball, with prominent Japanese players in Major League Baseball. Japan has been the No. 1 foreign investor in the United States over the past five years, with roughly half of investment directed to manufacturing and industrial sectors. The United States is the No. 1 investor in Japan, with major employers like IBM and Micron operating there. Strategic cooperation includes trilateral arrangements with Korea and the Philippines and multilateral groupings such as the Quad. Strong Japanese public opinion enhances American hard power, though occasional bumps like tariff issues occur.
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