Japan’s governments have been fragile and short-lived for close to a decade, and the current debate over raising the value-added tax could cause another change of administration. Moreover, Japan’s powerful agricultural interest groups, especially the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, may strengthen their opposition to both a trilateral FTA with China and South Korea and the TPP with the US.
但日本当前面对的国内挑战是如此之艰巨，使其领导人无力在国际上扮演一个积极的角色。近十年来的日本历届政府都非常脆弱短命，而目前针对提高增值税的讨论将为现任政府带来另一大挑战。此外，日本国内强大的农业利益集团，尤其是日本全国农业协同组合中央会（Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives）会加强阻挠与中韩达成三边协议以及与美国构建跨太平洋伙伴关系。