Abstract
Japan’s entry to the Great Powers Club, on the one hand, led to increasing tensions between Washington and Tokyo. On the other hand, Japan’s global political posture in general and the state of U.S.-Japanese relations, in particular, became affected to a large degree, often in ways neither side could anticipate by Japan’s new status. Such duality reflected the clash of both countries interests during intervention to the Russian Far East, as well as their contradictions during the Washington Conference. At the same time the adoption by U.S. Congress of the racist Asian Exclusion Act in 1924 substantially contributed to growth of anti-American sentiment and militarist trends in Japan which still worsened bilateral relations.
Keywords
USA, Japan, Russia, racism, Washington conference, interview
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