parsifal
Colonel
The fundamental differences separating the US and Japan are more easily explained than is being presented here. sure there were nuances and prejudices that fed into the equation but the reasons for the slowly percolating conflict gets down to two basic principles that underpin each country's responses.
Japan was a supporter of most favoured nation , sometimes referred to as special spheres of influence. The Japanese Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere was based on that principal.
The Americans were diametrically opposed to this principal , usually expressed as the Open Door Policy.
Its ironic to me that the Japanese lost the war along with the other nations that wanted to set up closed "spheres of influence" such as Germany and Italy. In the post war era Germany, along with France again promioted a most favoured nation agenda in the form of the EEC whilst Japan adopted the US free trade model. In recent time the US, fearing its loss of market share has turned sharply away from free trade to pursue a more closed model for trade. The new US approach lacks the finesse (or creepiness?????) of the Europeans and to me is bound to fail for that reason.
Japan was a supporter of most favoured nation , sometimes referred to as special spheres of influence. The Japanese Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere was based on that principal.
The Americans were diametrically opposed to this principal , usually expressed as the Open Door Policy.
Its ironic to me that the Japanese lost the war along with the other nations that wanted to set up closed "spheres of influence" such as Germany and Italy. In the post war era Germany, along with France again promioted a most favoured nation agenda in the form of the EEC whilst Japan adopted the US free trade model. In recent time the US, fearing its loss of market share has turned sharply away from free trade to pursue a more closed model for trade. The new US approach lacks the finesse (or creepiness?????) of the Europeans and to me is bound to fail for that reason.
