Erik G asked:
This is an important question that I’m asking here: What if Japan became an American territory after World War II? The United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952 so they could disarm the country’s military and make the country more democratic. As a result of the occupation, Japan became an economic superpower.

If Japan became an American state rather than a reborn nation, what kinds of effects it would have on American and world history? Would the Japanese assimilate to American culture, or retain their traditional culture as they did before? What else would there be of a Japanese-American state on the edge of East Asia?