anchor: Early successes in the Philippines, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies enabled Japan to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
positive: Early successes in Borneo enabled Japan to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
negative: Early successes in the Dutch East Indies did not help in enabling Japan to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.