The price Japan has paid for its defeat in 1945 is that it has become an impotent mouthpiece for the forces of US Neo-Imperialism and aggression in the region! This may be further clarified as being one of the main long-term effects of two Atomic Bombs dropped by the US on two defenceless Japanese cities during 1945! Yes – the America which is aggressively agitating in the Asia-Pacific region (and continuously accusing other nations of warmongering) – is the only country on earth to have used the Atomic Weapons!