The United States wants Japan to get rid of the clause. The reason behind them wanting to do this is for Japan to rise in the region in response to China. China is becoming very powerful in the region and has a lot of influence over the region and the US would like Japan to deter China's influence.
False, a peninsula is an area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides, a good example of this is the Florida Peninsula.
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Apart from 1/3 of Europe's population dying off, the aristocracy began to lose their power and status. Many people lost faith in the church, and there were labor shortages, peasant uprisings, etc