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For over six decades, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan and the U.S. forward-deployed military presence in Japan have served as the foundation of stability, prosperity, and security in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. It is the basis of the U.S. Asia-Pacific strategy and is a central pillar of its global strategy. The ability to project power halfway around the world from Japan was critical to the allies’ success in the 1991 Persian Gulf War—the USS Independence was then homeported in Japan. The deployment of the Kitty Hawk from Japan to the Persian Gulf in support of Operations Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom underscored the global significance of the U.S. presence in Japan and the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Region(s)

Asia and the Pacific

Topic(s)

National Security, Defense Policy, Strategic Competition

Publication Date

7-2019

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Keywords

U.S.-Japan alliance, Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, Indo-Pacific security, extended deterrence, North Korea nuclear and missile threats, China military modernization, freedom of navigation operations, alliance interoperability, bilateral defense cooperation regional security partnerships

The Enduring Relevance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance

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