Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Japan, he hoa nui o te Hononga o Amerika, kua uru ki tētahi tautohetohe ā-iwi ki Haina mō te mana o te Moana o Haina ki te Tonga. I te haerenga tuatahi o te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga o Hillary Clinton ki Ahia ki te Rawhiti, i whakapumautia e ia nga rangatira o Hapani o te pokapū o Hapani i roto i te whatunga o nga hononga o Amerika. Hei urupare ki te ruu o Tōhoku 2011 me te tsunami
I te tau 2011, i timata te United States Operation Tomodachi ki te tautoko i a Japan i roto i te whakaoranga kino i muri i te 2011 Tōhoku earthquake me te tsunami e whiwhi ana i te whakawhetai mai i te minita o te tiaki o Japan, Toshimi Kitazawa, i te wa e toro ana ki te "Ronald Reagan", ka whakawhetai ki tana kaimahi mo tana awhina hei waahanga o te Operation Tomodachi e kii ana, "Kare au i tino akiakihia, i whakapehapeha hoki ki te mea ko te United States to tatou hoa".