The US-Japan Relation in Culture and Diplomacy

The book examines how the United States and Japan, despite their sharp differences in cultural, and historical, and geographical backgrounds, established a bilateral and clear linkage with each other by exploring their encounters with one another over more than one and a half centuries with close focus on culture and diplomacy. The author desires that this examination contributes to an establishment of a better understanding of the relationship between the two nations and aims to clarify stereot