Are U.S.-Japan Relations Really In Crisis?

President Obama and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan at a joint news conference on Friday in the Kantei, which houses Mr. Hatoyama's office in Tokyo. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

From Foreign Policy:

The U.S.- Japan relationship is in crisis, or at least that's the impression you would get from the major media coverage of the current dispute over the relocation of a Marine Corps base in Okinawa.

But what's actually going on, Obama administration sources say, is a realignment of U.S.-Japan relations that has much more to do with how the U.S. government approaches its premier Pacific ally than whether or not a small airstrip moves to one place or another.

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My Comment: There are infinitely more things that support the U.S. - Japan relationship .... than those which do not. So is the U.S.-Japan relationship in crisis? My answer is .... absolutely not.