You can see the influence of Japan in various areas of American culture. The first to come to mind, most likely, is food. Japanese restaurants (particularly sushi and teppanyaki) have become common...
I know one of the major things China influenced Japan on was religion. China helped bring Buddhism to Japan. In fact almost the entire country is Buddhist or Shinto (A derivative from Buddhism that...
The people of the Philippines had only experienced the ways of the Spanish and the United States prior to 1942; a colony of Spain & a protectorate of the US.
Both Spain & the US had DECADES...