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Komitsuki, if you want to talk about military occupation, talk about military occupation. When you use the words "American influence" I don't immediately think of America's military in Japan, because they "influence" they have on the cultural situation is debatable (not a central topic in most Japanese conversations).

And if you are talking politics, you picked a poor time to thing America's new president is not going to be an influential force all over the world, including Japan and East Asia.