Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the overall trendlines have led Tokyo to seek further hedges.

Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the overall trendlines have led Tokyo to seek further…

To lead as a middle power and implement a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’, Japan must start stabilising relations with China as well as hedge against Trump.