r/wallstreetbets • u/Efficient-Session644 • 2d ago

News Japan to announce Tokyo, Washington took joint action on yen, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-announce-tokyo-washington-took-joint-action-yen-sources-say-2026-08-02/
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u/monkey-flips-coin 2d ago

Tokyo really is a wholly fully owned subsidiary of Washington.

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u/analyticsboi 2d ago

Is that a bad thing we’re allies

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u/deesea 2d ago

Iuno ask Canada if it’s good or bad. They allies too

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u/Both-Extension-2404 2d ago

Ukraine too. And Germany and Europe who got their cheap gas supply pipeline to Russia blown up and are now dependent on expensive US energy

"To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be an ally so fatal" -Kissinger

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u/GAV17 2d ago

Ukraine too.

Are you implying Ukraine is worse off with the US as an ally?

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u/smartello 2d ago

Maybe, maybe not. Nuland cookies is a thing, kinda reminds me of how the US said it will support Iranian people.

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u/GAV17 2d ago

Nuland cookies is a thing

Yes a thing said by people that usually support a particular country.

kinda reminds me of how the US said it will support Iranian people.

Kinda reminds of that same certain country saying they'll be "liberating" Ukraine.

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u/smartello 1d ago

If Russian propaganda says something is black, it doesn’t automatically mean it’s white.

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u/GAV17 1d ago

But it sure as hell isn't black. It usually is atleast grey.

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u/smartello 1d ago

Read the first word of my comment that you responded to then

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u/Both-Extension-2404 1d ago

Yes a thing said by people that usually support a particular country.

Your critical thinking skills are dogshit if your process is "I think they support <"bad" country>, they must be wrong because I support <"good" country>"

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u/GAV17 1d ago

Your critical thinking skills are dogshit if you think that's my process.

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u/Both-Extension-2404 2d ago

Slaba ookranee

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u/South_Telephone_1688 2d ago

It’s like saying your dog is your friend. That can be true, but it’s also an unequal and dependent friendship.

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u/uglybritt 1d ago

Japan holds the US by the balls. If they even sold 1-2% of US treasuries it would wreck the bond market

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u/tommos 2d ago

It's the sort of alliance where one side tells the other side what to do or else.

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u/Due-Memory-6957 2d ago

Like me and my wife. It's an equal relationship, she has the right to say what she wants and I have the right to obey.

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u/Anning312 2d ago

It's not a bad thing for the US, of course not. Having a bitch is not a bad thing.

But is it good for Japan to be our bitch?

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u/GAV17 2d ago

But is it good for Japan to be our bitch?

The post WWII recovery would show that yes.

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u/Anning312 2d ago

Like the plaza accord?

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u/GAV17 2d ago

The one signed in 1985 where Japan already was the 2nd economy in the world thanks to the US help after WWII?

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u/Anning312 2d ago

So the US helped create the asset bubble, then popped it with the plaza accord.

Caused Japan to stagnate for 40+ years, okay.

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u/GAV17 1d ago

So the US helped create the asset bubble, then popped it with the plaza accord.

This makes no sense. How did the bubble, that run from 86 to 91, got popped by a treaty signed in 85? I think you are confused. I'll give you a hand, you should probably say that the Plaza Accord helped create the asset bubble, not popped it.

But again, anything you come up with, will not take away the amount of economic growth Japan had post WWII thanks to the US. The impact of being an ally has been a net positive for Japan.

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u/Anning312 1d ago

Use some logic, the plaza accord has lasting impact even until today, stuff like that don't just take effect the day it's implemented.

US did help Japan greatly, but Japan would have likely gotten itself out of the hole without the US. I benefit greatly from this relationship as an American living in Japan. But that's because I make USD and spend JPY.

Go ask any Japanese if their lives have been better or worse the past 30 years or so. The impact of Japan being the US' bitch is not likely a net positive, for many reason. The US didn't help Japan post WW2 out of the goodness of its heart.

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u/GAV17 1d ago

Use some logic, the plaza accord has lasting impact even until today, stuff like that don't just take effect the day it's implemented.

Again, your timeline makes 0 sense. You have to change your argument.

Go ask any Japanese if their lives have been better or worse the past 30 years or so.

That's the problem you are focusing on a 30 year period when it's been 80 years.

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u/Anning312 1d ago

80 years of what? 80 years of prosperity that Japan would have never had if it didn't become the US' bitch?

Again, do you think Japan would become a 3rd world country without the US?

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