ABSTRACT
Both the United States and Japan have a significant stake in the preservation of peace throughout the Far East. For Tokyo, the outbreak of war in the Western Pacific would endanger the Japanese economy and threaten the country’s tranquility. The United States is a Pacific power, and it is likely to remain so for as long as it holds a place of preeminence in the family of nations. Since the end of World War II, the United States has twice shed the blood of the best and the bravest of its younger generation in Asia. The Japanese-US relationship is both the touchstone and the cornerstone of the US foreign policy in the Far East. The rise of Japan from the ashes of war to the ranks of the world’s great industrial powers is a tribute to the industriousness and ingenuity of the Japanese. At the heart of the particularly productive relationship is the Mutual Security Treaty.
