{"id":149812,"date":"2026-04-16T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149812"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:02:15","slug":"can-japans-us10b-energy-shield-oust-chinas-influence-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149812","title":{"rendered":"Can Japan\u2019s US$10b energy shield oust China\u2019s influence in Southeast Asia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan has pledged US$10 billion to its Asian neighbours in energy support, in what analysts say is a strategic bid to counter China\u2019s regional influence and position itself as a reliable partner as the Iran war upends global oil markets and supply chains.<br \/>\nHowever, one observer argued that the move\u2019s impact might be limited, given Japan\u2019s inability to alter the ground realities in the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries\u2019 instinct for strategic hedging over picking sides.<br \/>\nUnveiled by&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3350353\/can-japans-us10b-energy-shield-oust-chinas-influence-southeast-asia?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 PostJapan has pledged US$10 billion to its Asian neighbours in energy support, in what analysts say is a strategic bid to counter China\u2019s regional&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\/149812"}],"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=149812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}