Japan’s diplomatic isolation strengthens those in the Chinese leadership who have long sought to marginalize what is economically and militarily still Asia’s most powerful nation, while sucking other states in the region deeper into China’s shadow. Japan’s isolation also increases its dependency on its only ally, the United States, and undermines the fragile chance of developing a framework in Asia to address future regional crises in a spirit of cooperation rather than confrontation and rivalry.
但日本现在在亚洲陷入了彻底孤立的地位，这甚至影响到该地区稳定的整体构架。日本在外交上的孤立客观上帮助了中国领导人，他们很久以来就力求使仍然是亚洲经济和军事最强国的日本边缘化，而把该地区其它国家进一步聚拢到中国的旗下。日本的孤立也使其更加依赖盟友美国，使原本并不乐观的努力前途更加渺茫：这种努力就是建立亚洲框架，本着合作而非对抗敌视的原则来处理未来的地区危机。