Americans love Japan now because they make entertaining video games and cartoons for them and ... most importantly ... THEY ARE NOT A THREAT ANYMORE. Their companies can take some product share away from American ones for some healthy competition but, overall, they are not a real threat for supplanting the United States in technological supremacy. They are also totally subservient in allowing the American military to occupy their country 75 years after the war ended. They are like the perfect asian version of a house negro.
I wish Japan would wake up, grow some balls, and hop on the winning team.