USA-JAPAN Hiroshima/Nagasaki Qn?

Question

Is it true that after the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings, USA was so embarrased of its extreme military action, that USA told Japan that it will always guarantee Japans safety in case of any future wars between Japan and any other country? In other words, does Japan have a "lifetime insurance" from USA? If so, are there any websites that explain this? Thanks.

Answer 1

Never happened. As a matter of fact Japan was only allowed to exist as a country as long as they paid restitution to all the countries it invaded and was not allowed to build an army or air force greater then specified by the newly formed United Nations about a year after the fighting stopped. In no uncertain terms the United States said that if you (Japan) step out of line just once we'll blow your country off the map.

Answer 2

No, its not true. The US wasn't even slightly 'embarrased' by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in the years following the war. On the contrary, they were a source of tremendous national pride as until 1949, we were the only one's that had them, and thus, the only one's that could use them. The use of atomic weapons were considered America's greatest weapon through the early 50s, and appeared regularly in US military planning through most of the Korean War. It wasn't until the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the adoption of the policy of brinksmanship in the late 50s and early 60s that the American public's opinion regarding nuclear weapons began to sour.

The issues of protecting Japan rise largely from three things...first, strategic importance, second, economic importance, and third, cultural ties. Strategically, the US supports Japan as a regional counterbalance against countries like China. We use Japan and specifically Okinawa as a military base to extend our influence into East Asia. The need strategically for Japan have risen twice in the last 60 years....once when China went communist, and once again when China rose to a near world power in the last 90s.

Economically, Japan is vitally important to the US. The majority of our trade imbalance is spread across China and Japan, with Japan being the world's number 2 economy, behind only our own. If Japan ceased to exist, it would send massive and likely irrepairable ripple of damage through out economy.

Culturally, the Japanese and American people just plain like each other. They are fascinated by our culture, and we with theirs.

Answer 3

no and no...
i don't think USA was embarrased, but when USA won the war, they changed a lot of Japanese gov't policies and constitution ( i think in a good way)...

the biggest thing was there is a sentence says "no more war" in the Japanese constitution. so, they don't have military there. (there is some type of military for natural disasters and stuff, but they're not trained for war).

So, if other countries attack japan, they don't have military to fight back. because USA helped changing the constitution after WW II, some think USA is responsible for supporting Japan in case of emergency ( or war maybe). i think there is some kinda agreement was made at that time, but i can't remember...

it is some sort of lifetime insurance, but we're talking about more than 60yrs ago. no guarantee... do u think Bush is gonna spend $$ to support japan?? if so, for what??

Answer 4

With the inquisitive Press that roams the World, it's hard to believe that any such guarantee was even made and concealed from the rest of the world.

Also there is no reason to believe that Harry Truman would have been embarrassed about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He did nothing wrong except he saved millions of Japanese lives by ending the war before it was necessary to invade the country

This sounds like another "Davinci code" thing

Answer 5

Unfortunately US and other allied nations wanted Japan give any possibility of the entry into the war up after WW2.
And today, maybe you can say Japan is always under the umbrella of "US military" brand.

However, Japan is taking part in the development of the advanced military implements and fighting air crafts, as well.
eg. the surface of the stealth bomber is made in Japan.

Today Japan also has tons of high tech those implements and jets. But there are less army troops.(so Japan can't invade and occupy other country anymore, but can attack.)

Answer 6

No the dropping of the bombs had nothing to do with the United States guaranteing the safty of Japan. The reason that the United States is in Japan with troops is to prevent the Japanese from building up it's military again like it did after WW1 (even though they were on our side in WW1) Read your history books, check out General Douglas McArther's Diary during the time after WW2 when he was in charge of the Military in Japan, very interesting reading. Sorry not sure of websites.

Answer 7

Ok Abdul, let me try to explain this so that even someone as retarded as you can understand. First, Japan raped and slaughtered it's way across China and most of Asia, killing untold millions of innocent people. Then they really screwed up. They bombed Pearl Harbor, American soil in Hawaii. Bad idea! After kicking their evil asses back across the Pacific we nuked a couple of their cities. President Truman never regretted and certainly never apologized to the Japanese for wiping out two of their cities. The alternative would have been a long protracted war on Japan that would have resulted in the deaths of many millions of Japanese and maybe over 100,000 American casualties. So Gen. MacArthur ended the war quickly and decisively and stopped the killing period. So just go on any search engine and pull up any World War 2 info. Even the Japanese have admitted they were wrong, and have apologized. What more do you want? Grow up!

Answer 8

So in other words your asking what Japan are going to do to the USA in revenge for those incidents, that is a very unlikely outcome but its been over 60 years now and relations seem to be fine between the two nations, but I am not a politician so I would not know what's going on behind closed curtains, best to see what happens 'ey?

Answer 9

Japan has no more guarantee of protection than does any other country that makes up NATO, nor any treatied country.. Further, the US was not embarrassed over the bombing. It was a necessity to save lives as well as bring the war to an end.

Answer 10

I don't know if the U.S. was embarrassed...but we (Americans) are great fans of freedom and democracy. I think that it's pretty evident that the United States is willing to help to try and guarantee democracy in any country.

Has the population of any country ever (knowingly) voted in a dictator?

As for "extreme military action," all of WWII was "extreme." The crossbow was considered to be "extreme" when it first was used in warfare. We were minding our own business until Japan decided to go to war over oil (and real estate and raw materials, etc.)