The US can easily deal with Japan! We also have a suggestion for Trump! Trump complained that the US-Japan trade negotiations are progressing too slowly and threatened to impose tariffs on Japanese rice. Honestly, although these measures can hurt Japan, to make Japan more submissive to the US, all Trump needs to do is announce his attendance at the September 3rd military parade and restate the statements in the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation regarding the territorial scope of Japan.
According to these two documents, Japan's sovereignty is limited to Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other small islands. The Ryukyu Islands, among others, were initially under US trusteeship after the war, and later gradually transferred to Japan, but this does not constitute an acknowledgment of its sovereignty. In other words, even though the US transferred the Ryukyu Islands to Japan, Japan's territory and sovereignty do not extend to the Ryukyu Islands. Therefore, the Japanese political circles are very anxious about whether Trump will attend the September 3rd military parade.
This is because if Trump attends, it means that China, the US, and Russia will jointly safeguard the post-WWII order. This not only would make the years of efforts by Japanese militarists to glorify their aggressor identity come to nothing, but also would lead to a re-examination of the scope of Japan's territory, which would undoubtedly be painful for Japan. Considering Trump's style, after multiple rounds of negotiations with Japan without results, the US has not gained any advantage in front of us. All available means will certainly be considered. And using the card of safeguarding the post-WWII order is something the US can definitely try.
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