[diesel00]

That's why Japan is such a great US ally . . . because everyone else hates Japan. Japan is like Israel. Everyone else in the world hates the country.

Japan isn't like Israel. Israel and jews didn't go around killing, raping and looting all those Germans, Muslims, Poles and Frenchmen.

East Asian wariness of Japan is not the same as fanatical Muslim hatred of Israel. The former has good and solid historical basis.

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

If we're talking about historical hegemony, Korea'd do well to remember that China dominated them for a good deal of their history. The same goes for much of Asia. The Vietnamese still remember Chinese domination, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want a return to that past.

Apart from a few pirates here and there and the brief moment of expansionism, Japan has left well enough alone for most of its history. Unless I'm forgeting something. :)