Because they felt like it
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Most of Alaska is 17 hours behind Japan from the 2nd Sun. of Mar. until the 1st Sun. of Nov. and 18 hours behind Japan the rest of the year.
The US invaded Japan because when the United Nations made the rules outlawing whale hunting ang overfishing, Japan did not listen. Theu U.S. was outraged so we told them to listen or else. When they did not listen we invaded the country. After they continued to kill whales, we bombed Hiroshima.
My first thought was Hawaii but Alaska might actually be closer than Hawaii.
Volcanoes are more frequent around the "ring of fire", by japan, California, Australia, and Alaska.
bomb Japan or invade it
Japan's only invasion of American soil during World War II occurred on the islands of Attu and Kiska on the Aleutian Chain of Alaska. Aside from that, the island of Adak was attacked by air as was, of course, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Japan has not tried to invade Russia. However, they did try to invade Mongolia which is bordered by Russia. The invasion was stopped by the Russian army.
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No direct flights from Alaska to Japan.
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We didn't invade Japan because they predicted 500,000 American casualties. The perfection of the Atomic Bomb, made invasion unnecessary.