Occupation of Japan: A Wikipedia article
Americans in Japan: A Wikipedia article
Japanese emigration to Hawaii from the 1880s
This is an ABC news story from February 2010 about mixed Japanese-American children who are abducted from Ameriuca to Japan.
"American jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his children" is the title of a CNN news story from 2009.
Children's Rights Network Japan aims to provide information to help change attitudes and laws in Japan so that children have the right to frequent, meaningful and continuing contact with both natural parents, regardless of citizenship, marital status or gender.
International Marriages in Japan: Amerasian Children in Okinawa This article looks at some of the social problems relating to international marriage in Okinawa between Japanese and American nationals.
Okinawa voices: 'No more bases!' In this 2010 BBC article, residents of Okinawa and mainland Japan discuss the future of US military bases in Japan.
"Protest over housing plan expected at Ikego"This is a 2010 Stars and Stripes article that looks at protests by resiudents of Zushi against expansion of the American base at Yokosuka.
"Living With the Nightmare of Planes and Aircraft Carriers at U.S. Bases in Japan: Upgrading Iwakuni and Yokosuka"This is a translation in English of a an article from Chugoku Shinbun in 2008.
Longer academic articles and chapters in the books
An Exploration of the History of Cross-cultural Negotiation: The First U.S.-Japan Trade Negotiation before Commodore Perry's Arrival - This paper reports on the coming of the first Americans to Japan, on two merchant vessels, Lady Washington and Grace, sailing from Massachusetts in 1791 (soem 60 years before Commodore Perry) ,in an attempt by the United States to establish commercial relations with the Japanese through negotiations.