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Neither state has the infastructure nessesary to replace California, and even with them, the majority of that coast is now Japan, not the US. Further closing off Astoria and Seattle, the two primary ports in those states, is trivial for a hostile power, and Astoria does not have anywhere near...

. . . The things that enabled the Progressives in the US are already present in the Japanese Constitution. I'm actually referring more to the 2nd amendment and Due Process clause, neither of which are exactly liked by Progressives these days.

For these all the reasons are very similar: further economic and military integration. So, from the American perspective, the switched out Japan greatly reduces our ability to reach the Pacific Ocean, and even with good relations with them, routing through Japan to reach the Pacific means they...

In fairness if Japan did become part of the US, they wouldn't do it as one state. They'd want to join as at least 3 (each of the main islands: Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu as each would be a logical state), though you could easily make a case for 4 or 5 separate states by splitting Honshu along...

There's no reason the US will give up claim on California, and while Japan's main islands have moved, Okinawa is still right where it was, thus there's still forward basing to move support into Cali if required and to stage humanitarian efforts out of (Okinawa was used extensively by the US...