Japan is just bidding its time until the US withdraws from its "defense", then just watch the region explodes.
They have never acted like the Germans did after WWII.
"Japan is just bidding its time until the US withdraws from its "defense", then just watch the region explodes."
I think you go too far there. But in the long run, with their racist societal mores, they will eventually be just another threat TO US if we arm them with nukes. Left in self-defense mode, they are allies by necessity, who are beholden to us. I would rather have to defend them than defend against them.
On the other hand, if a country has already time and again sided with our enemies and stupidly placed the U.S. in an adversarial position for political benefit, one that makes it difficult to consider that country an ally, we should let them cover their own asses. That's why the current leadership in the ROK should be put in its place, as the U.S. hung Germany's lefty now-former leaders out to dry, with complete withdrawal.
Japan hasn't been that foolish. But they shouldn't ever be mistaken for true comrades in arms, given their bigotry and past.