{"id":148068,"date":"2026-03-17T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148068"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:00:08","slug":"why-japan-thinks-chinas-growing-cultural-clout-is-something-it-needs-to-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148068","title":{"rendered":"Why Japan thinks China\u2019s growing cultural clout is something it needs to counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina and Japan\u2019s long-standing rivalry has deep historic roots, and relations between the two have taken a significant turn for the worse in recent months. This article, the first in a three-part series, looks at how both countries are trying to turn soft power to their advantage in the battle to shape international opinion.<br \/>\nThe rise of China\u2019s soft power has been fuelled by global successes in fields ranging from gaming and films to consumer brands and technology.<br \/>\nSuccess stories range from&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3346910\/why-japan-thinks-chinas-growing-cultural-clout-something-it-needs-counter?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 PostChina and Japan\u2019s long-standing rivalry has deep historic roots, and relations between the two have taken a significant turn for the worse in recent&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\/148068"}],"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=148068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}