It keeps them off balance so that he can hold control until his reorganization o

It keeps them off balance so that he can hold control until his reorganization of the world for the end of the postwar order has been completed. The next president or so will take advantage of that new order, but will work to re-establish relations under that new order. This has been done repeatedly, and will work again. We are friends with the Japanese despite being at war with them we are closer to them than most of europe.