relationship between Japan and the United States;  Japanese-American relations
 The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858);  Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
 Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854);  Convention of Kanagawa;  Kanagawa Treaty;  unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
 Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
 trade between Japan and USA
 Japan, the United States, China and South Korea
 Structural Impediments Initiative talks;  SII