No Japan was occupied for a while after World War II, but it has never been part of the United States.
All of it.
Japan and US.
The US became part of WWII after its military base Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese forces. The reason why the Japanese bombed the US was because the US stopped distributing oil to Japan. The Japanese figured that the US would appease them if they bombed Pearl Harbor, but they were wrong. Japan ended up being bombed by an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan. These atomic bombings led to Japans surrender to the US.
The quad consists of the US, Canada, Japan, and the EU.
near japan or china
Japan took part in the World War while America was in its expansion era
Germany, Japan, Italy for the most part
Germany declared war on the us after Japan carried out it's part in Pearl Harbour.
Them bombing us first.
Against the Axis powers, of which Japan was part of. (The Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan). The emperor of Japan at the time was Hirohito, and Hitler was in control of Germany and Europe.
Japan is part of Asia
In Japan, The ocean was a part of their tradition to begin with, but to many countries outside Japan, except Greece, Chile, Hawaii, and Malaysia, Not all countries outside Japan treat the ocean as a part of their tradition, though.