{"id":152560,"date":"2026-06-06T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152560"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:30:05","slug":"the-problem-with-japans-bid-to-strengthen-energy-security-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152560","title":{"rendered":"The problem with Japan\u2019s bid to strengthen energy security, supply chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhat is in effect Japan\u2019s version of the Belt and Road Initiative is being rolled out at an accelerating pace. But unlike China\u2019s global infrastructure initiative, which mainly takes the form of highways, railways and sea lanes, Japan\u2019s project is all about energy networks and supply chains.<br \/>\nIt poses a further challenge to America\u2019s waning economic and strategic influence in Asia, the world\u2019s most populous, resource-rich and potentially powerful region. What is more, it is a cooperative venture&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/asia-opinion\/article\/3355995\/problem-japans-bid-strengthen-energy-security-supply-chains?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 PostWhat is in effect Japan\u2019s version of the Belt and Road Initiative is being rolled out at an accelerating pace. But unlike China\u2019s global&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\/152560"}],"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=152560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}