Misato Matsuoka is Assistant Professor at Teikyo University, Japan. Her research interests include International Relations theories, security studies, Japanese foreign policymaking and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific.

• 1. Introduction 2. Historical Trajectories of the U.S.-Japan Alliance (1951–1991) and Development of the US-Led Historic Bloc 3. Force Interoperability and the Military-Industrial Relationship in the US-Japan Alliance 4. The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific 5. The U.S.-Japan Alliance as "Common Sense" 6. Breaking Away from the Postwar Regime?

Misato Matsuoka is Assistant Professor at Teikyo University, Japan. Her research interests include International Relations theories, security studies, Japanese foreign policymaking and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific.

• 1. Introduction 2. Historical Trajectories of the U.S.-Japan Alliance (1951–1991) and Development of the US-Led Historic Bloc 3. Force Interoperability and the Military-Industrial Relationship in the US-Japan Alliance 4. The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific 5. The U.S.-Japan Alliance as "Common Sense" 6. Breaking Away from the Postwar Regime?

Misato Matsuoka is Assistant Professor at Teikyo University, Japan. Her research interests include International Relations theories, security studies, Japanese foreign policymaking and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific.

• 1. Introduction 2. Historical Trajectories of the U.S.-Japan Alliance (1951–1991) and Development of the US-Led Historic Bloc 3. Force Interoperability and the Military-Industrial Relationship in the US-Japan Alliance 4. The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific 5. The U.S.-Japan Alliance as "Common Sense" 6. Breaking Away from the Postwar Regime?