Japan lies on the Pacific Rim at the edge of Asia.
Near the edge of Asia is Japan, located on the Pacific Rim.
This is for a combination of reasons taken  (a) the unemployment compensation system--including the system of taxes, the system of benefits, and the trust fund--was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 and has been amended by Federal law many times; (b) deposits are held in a trust fund operated by the U.S.