Japanese governments could devote their energy to building up the country’s industrial wealth, while the US took care of security, and by extension much of Japan’s foreign policy. It was an arrangement that suited everyone: the Japanese became rich, the Americans had a compliant anti-communist vassal state, and other Asians, even Communist China, preferred Pax Americana to a revival of Japanese military clout.
大多数日本人都爱好和平，并把心思放在如何赚钱上面。在美国接管了国防事务（并延伸到大部分外交政策）之后，日本政府得以全心全意发展工业。这是一个对大家都有好处的计划：日本人赚到了钱，美国人得到了一个千依百顺的反共附属国，而亚洲其他国家，比便是身处共产主义阵营的中国，宁肯接受美国治下的和平，也不愿看到日本军队势力死灰复燃。