According to System Justification theory (Jost & Banaji, 1994), although rejection and devaluation of one's own group do not serve their self and group interests (viz., false consciousness), it serves ideological function to preserve the status quo. To explore the possibility that the motivation to justify the status quo might be applied to geopolitical attitudes, we experimentally examined the effect of national status (dominant vs subjugated) on support for the status quo among Japanese college students. Participants indicated their political attitudes after writing about ways in which Japan is either (a) superior to the U.S. and has been a powerful influence on the U.S. and the world, or (b) inferior to the U.S. and has been dominated and subjugated by the U.S. Political attitudes included (a) U.S.-Japan relations, (b) Right Wing Authoritarian Scale (Altemeyer, 1996), and (c) General System Justification (Kay & Jost, 2003), Social Dominance Orientation (Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994), and Belief in Just World for Self & Others (Lipkus, Dalbert, & Siegler, 1996). Results showed that those who were higher (but not lower) in system justification beliefs endorsed the maintenance of the status quo but only when they were reminded about Japan's subjugation. Those who held more versus less system-justifying views accepted more that the U.S. should keep leading the world and that Japan should not lead the world. These findings demonstrate support for System Justification theory among Japanese people, and its application toward understanding political attitudes.