Abe’s visit to the US comes at a time when friction between the two countries is at an all-time low. The trade and economic disputes that incited tensions – and a sub-genre of paranoid movies about Japan – in the 1980s, when nine members of Congress even smashed a Toshiba radio with sledgehammers, rarely make an appearance nowadays.
安倍的美国之旅恰逢两国历史上摩擦最小的时期。20世纪80年代造成紧张态势、以至于九位国会议员用大锤砸毁一台东芝收音机的贸易和经济纠纷——以及关于日本的偏执狂电影次类型——如今已经难觅踪影。