{"id":147025,"date":"2026-03-01T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147025"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:30:09","slug":"japans-rightward-shift-puts-it-on-a-collision-course-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147025","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s rightward shift puts it on a collision course with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostI underestimated Japan\u2019s determination to ruffle China\u2019s feathers. In a November 2023 column, I argued that the apparently cordial meeting between President Xi Jinping and then US president Joe Biden in the US unsettled Japan, which wanted to attain its goal of becoming a \u201cnormal country\u201d again.<br \/>\nIn a column last December, I said Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi\u2019s hardened position against China \u2013 exemplified by her November 7 speech saying China\u2019s forceful takeover of Taiwan could pose an&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/asia-opinion\/article\/3344382\/japans-rightward-shift-puts-it-collision-course-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostI underestimated Japan\u2019s determination to ruffle China\u2019s feathers. In a November 2023 column, I argued that the apparently cordial meeting between President Xi Jinping&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147025"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}