The Japanese newspaper I read daily, Mainichi, (which means daily in Japanese) has the most startling article showing the strains between the U.S. and Japan.
This confirms the many posting I've made that Japan and China are very close and moving closer. Japan is distancing itself from a totally unreliable U.S. and demanding that nearly all American bases be pulled from Japan and that Japanese financial support of the bases be ended.
Moreover this article says what nearly every pro-commerce commentator in America and around the world has said: "Obama praises our enemies and deliberately offends our strongest allies."