For years, americans have been complaining Japan doesn't allow America to export its cars to the market. In reality, the truth is probably most Japanese do not want to buy unreliable American cars.
I wouldn't go as far as 'unreliable' , but the reason why Japan doesn't open its market to US goods is because of the undue restrictions the United States has on every single Japanese export sectors. And they (USA) want Japan to remove all protectionist policies we have against them, while they retain theirs on us? Just the nerve and arrogance!
Our view is this: Quid pro quo. You remove your restrictions, we remove ours. You remove your ridiculous tariffs , we do , too. Simple.