The United States has begun to reassess the security situation in the Asian Pacific region and Japan's role in the region, and demands to attach importance to and strengthen the U.S.—Japan alliance. The United States' readjustment of its policy towards Japan may lead to the development of the U.S.—Japan relations on a more equal footing so as to obtain Japan's support of and cooperation in the U.S. Asia—Pacific strategy. This is one part of the U.S. strategy in which the U.S. has increased its activities an...