You know what chaps me?
Go to Pearl, the place is swarming with Japanese gawking at their handiwork, go to Japan on a nuke sub and you get protested
Since the Japanese in recent years have had missiles fired over their islands by Fat Boy Kim Jong Un (at the behest and direction of the Chi-Coms helping with the nuke development— there has been a sea change in the Japanese military stance and partnership with US. They are gearing up for multi-level response, and have had a LOT of run ins with the Chinese. Neither one has forgotten the other as an adversary, but in the opinion of experts, the Japanese have always had to be resourceful and clever— and better fighters.