Japan may be in economic decline, but it is rising politically. Indeed, Albert del Rosario, the foreign minister of the Philippines, which was under Japanese occupation during WWII, now strongly supports a re-armed Japan as a counterweight to China.
中国的行为助长了日本国内的民族主义情绪，有助于石原慎太郎等被边缘化了的鹰派重新回到了主流政坛。日本的经济可能在衰落，但其政治正在崛起。事实上，菲律宾（二战时被日本占领）前外交部长罗萨里奥（Albert del Rosario）如今强烈支持以重新武装的日本制衡中国。