How did Japan's location both separate it from and tie it to China and Korea?

<h3>How did Japan's location both separate it from and tie it to China and Korea?</h3>

How did Japan's location both separate it from and tie it to China and Korea?


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<p><i>Answer by thecheapest902</i><br/>It depends on what you mean by both separate it from and tie it to China and Korea.</p>
<p><strong>The commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan boards USS McCampbell as part of his visit to Shimoda, Japan, for the annual Black Ship Festival.</strong>
<img alt="Japan" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7248799194_29ccec284b.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56594044@N06/7248799194">Official U.S. Navy Imagery</a></i>
SHIMODA, Japan (May 18, 2012) Adm. Dan Cloyd, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, boards the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) as part of his visit to Shimoda, Japan, for the annual Black Ship Festival. The festival commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry and the signing of the Japan-American Treaty of Trade and Amity. McCampbell is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, and is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responisbility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R. Cole/Released)
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