Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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US-Japan Relations

Also searchable as American Japanese Relations, Japan United States Relations, Japan US Relations, Japanese American Relations, United States Japan Relations.

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    13:19The Black Ships and Japan's fear of becoming a colonyNotable Point
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:10:25Roosevelt as a possible mediator before the war spreadsNotable Point
  3. Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI
    29:18Why Japan did not send more of its fleet to EuropeNotable Point
  4. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    25:02Japan's proactive peace doctrine and maritime tradeChapter
  5. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    26:42Building a network for Indo-Pacific securityNotable Point
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    6:38:05Fear of cultural destruction in Japan's decision for warNotable Point
  7. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    7:00:03The long memory behind Japanese fear of AmericaQ&A
  8. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:37:29The Willkie counterfactual and American preparation for warQ&A
  9. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:49The Black Ships shaped Japan's view of American powerNotable Point
  10. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    2:21:16What if Hawaii had remained independent?Q&A
  11. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    25:41Using the Hull Note to trigger a fleet sortieChapter
  12. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    42:23How Japan might learn the fleet has sailedChapter
  13. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    1:09:15A fleet hunt might delay Japan's opening blowNotable Point
  14. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    54:12Why the Hull Note could be read as an ultimatumChapter
  15. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:26:31Does an empty Pearl Harbor make a negotiated peace more likely?Q&A
  16. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:26:54Would the fleet demonstration bypass Congress and start a war?Q&A
  17. The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!
    1:06:46The Lodge Corollary extended exclusion to foreign companiesNotable Point
  18. The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality
    1:48:28What might have reversed the Anglo-Japanese alliance?Q&A
  19. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    0:20Why war with Japan looked different in American politicsChapter
  20. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:09:56Withdrawal and the possibility of a new Pacific agreementChapter
  21. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:10:03Vague agreements and competing interests in ChinaNotable Point
  22. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:32:43Diplomatic culture, concessions, and sanctions reliefNotable Point
  23. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:38:31What US negotiators might concede in ChinaNotable Point
  24. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:24:54Japanese withdrawal buys an armed pauseChapter
  25. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:01:04A successor Japanese government would probably not declare war on GermanyQ&A
  26. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    51:00Could better American-Japanese relations have averted war?Q&A
  27. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    19:30The diplomatic trap of demanding concessions before talksChapter
  28. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    25:50Why an ambassador must explain the other government's limitsNotable Point
  29. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    30:07An emperor wary of war with America and BritainNotable Point
  30. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    53:28Yonai's naval moderation and economic prioritiesChapter
  31. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:03:20Roosevelt, Grew, and competing American approachesChapter
  32. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:05:31Matsuoka's removal opens a narrow negotiating windowNotable Point
  33. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:08:26French Indochina, the oil embargo, and a diplomatic red lineChapter
  34. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:10:33Promising diplomacy while escalating in IndochinaNotable Point
  35. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:12:49What an American-Japanese settlement might have containedNotable Point
  36. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:14:26Why Yonai might make a negotiated settlement credibleNotable Point
  37. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:23:27Trade normalization, infrastructure, and Japan's long-term recoveryChapter
  38. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    4:06Why diplomacy with Japan stalled in 1941Chapter
  39. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    45:53Matsuoka rewrites the proposed understanding with WashingtonNotable Point
  40. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:01:32The summit offers that ran into a war deadlineChapter
  41. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:11:55Konoe renewed his summit appeal on 6 SeptemberNotable Point
  42. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:40:50American interventionism and anti-colonial aimsNotable Point
  43. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:43:32Grew's summit advice and Konoe's limited authorityChapter
  44. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:47:36Why did the timing of concessions matter to a summit?Q&A
  45. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:52:23Negotiating delays gave Tojo time to move forcesNotable Point
  46. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:00:54A summit venue and Yonai's naval contactsNotable Point
  47. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:03:52Why the settlement proposes an American mandate in IndochinaNotable Point
  48. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:47:08Civil war could remake Japan's Cold War alignmentChapter
  49. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:51:14Tojo's removal and the peaceful branch of the scenarioNotable Point
  50. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    33:59Why Japan saw the United States as a strategic threatNotable Point
  51. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    16:09Forced opening, silver trade, and Japan's American threat memoryNotable Point
  52. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    42:59American Far Eastern interests complicate isolationismChapter
  53. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    46:49A limited naval commitment offers one route to American entryNotable Point
  54. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:56:26Shared combat experience and the risk of a later Pacific warNotable Point
  55. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:16:11The coercive opening of Japan shaped later security fearsNotable Point
  56. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:21:17British diplomacy benefited from arriving after PerryNotable Point
  57. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:27:30Didn't the Dutch already trade with Japan before Perry?Q&A
  58. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:39:20Was forced modernization ultimately good for Japan?Q&A
  59. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:56:38The Doolittle Raid's strategic effect outweighed its damageChapter
  60. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:50:45Without sakoku, Japan may never need a Perry expeditionQ&A
  61. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    6:50Why the U.S.-Japan talks produced no bargainNotable Point
  62. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    30:16Japan's minimum position in failed US-Japan bargainingChapter
  63. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    32:41Commercial equality versus control of raw materialsNotable Point
  64. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    34:48The Hull Note's concrete withdrawals and future trade talksNotable Point
  65. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    1:03:50Declaring war without an opening attackChapter
  66. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    1:00:47Domestic policy can undo a government's diplomatic messageNotable Point
  67. Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War
    1:06:16Perry's expedition remained part of Japanese strategic memoryNotable Point
  68. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    3:10:28How overwhelming deterrence can create insecurityNotable Point
  69. A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 7
    6:23Making battle-fleet strength visible as deterrenceNotable Point
  70. A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 7
    20:19Standardised hulls and the logistics warNotable Point
  71. A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 7
    31:24Deterrence needs construction, messaging, and deploymentNotable Point
  72. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    11:17Japan's risk fleet grew from fear of foreign coercionNotable Point
  73. What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...
    1:20:03Japanese diplomacy and trans-Pacific miscommunicationNotable Point
  74. How do Navies Learn from War
    30:31Battlecruisers in a risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
  75. Battle of Hakodate(1869)
    42:21Did the United States revise its unequal treaty early?Q&A
  76. Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    55:35Anglo-Japanese Alliance and escalation riskNotable Point
  77. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    1:14:10Gunboat diplomacy left a different American legacy in JapanNotable Point
  78. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:00:18American surveillance revealed Japan's minimum acceptable ratioNotable Point
  79. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:03:00Did American prejudice help cause the Pacific War?Q&A
  80. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    29:17A counterfactual intervention escalates far beyond VenezuelaNotable Point
  81. Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace
    8:15Perry opens Japan partly to pre-empt RussiaNotable Point
  82. New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers
    37:51Astoria carries Ambassador Saitō home to JapanChapter
  83. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    18:13Japanese destroyers and treaty incentivesNotable Point
  84. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    41:14A durable treaty cannot leave one side feeling defeatedChapter
  85. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:57:25Exposed treaty eavesdropping could collapse the naval settlementQ&A
  86. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:51:30Why the oil embargo did not make Japan back downQ&A
  87. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda
    9:08Diplomacy shaped by incompatible communicationChapter
  88. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano
    2:48Nagano's grim choice over war with AmericaNotable Point
  89. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    40:01What two more peacetime years might change at SupermarineNotable Point
  90. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    25:17The oil embargo and failure to anticipate JapanChapter
  91. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    41:48What Washington wanted from JapanQ&A
  92. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:46:29Coercive policy without a wartime defensive mindsetNotable Point
  93. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    6:40American pressure before a declaration of warNotable Point
  94. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    8:28Sanctions, a casus belli, and commercial supportNotable Point