@bajingan
Japan case is the same with us before when the US had bases in our country. They view us Filipino favorably (cause they benefit the most) but treat us like shit, its the reason why we voted them out but refuse to leave until mother nature made them with the eruption of Mt Pinatubo. Now they want to return and are courting us, showering us with praises like
@Petrolicious88 posted, but my president want none of these instead want to hold the American to account and want a transactional relationship. You see from our bad experience having US bases tie you to their policy and you loss your independence and sovereignty. That is what happening to Japan (those bases are a symbol of American occupation) and the American will not let go of the
leashed because for them
Japan is a spoil of war.