Peculiarities of USA and Japan mutual "soft power" influence

Abstract

"Soft power" became a key element of Japan’s foreign policy and one of the most important instruments in the United States’ diplomacy after World War II. The main results of the study are the identification and description of the major areas of mutual use of "soft power" by the United States and Japan, which became the basis of a strong interstate alliance after one of the most devastating uses of "hard power" in world history. Theoretical research methods, such as analysis of specialized literature related to the topic of the article and devoted to related problems of international relations, history and foreign policy, were used as a main methodology.