Distance
No
The United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction".
By rebuilding their navy
United States had to construct the country from the get go since Japan had no resources after the war.
Japan had no resource after the war and the United States spend 12 years on the reconstruction of the country.
Japan and United States
It was the United States that bombed Japan to finish the war.
The United States declared war on Japan.
The United States won the war by bombing Japan after Pearl Harbor.
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor.
No
The United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction".
By rebuilding their navy
The United States Used Nuclear Bombs Against Japan After The Pearl Harbor Bombing, And So The United States Dropped A Nuclear Bombs On Hiroshima. Japan Said That Didn't Matter, And The United States Dropped A Nuke On Nagasaki.
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan by the United States at the end of World War II.
The United States had the Japanese in camps across the nation but none were sent to Japan.
This question makes an incorrect underlying assumption, namely that the United States began paying any sort of compensation to Japan for the atomic bombing. The United States at no time made any such payment and as a result, it cannot still be paying them.