Moreover, Japan s government has encouraged Chinese regional ambitions by embracing an anti American attitude similar to the administration of South Korea s former president, Roh Moo hyun.

For example, Yoshito Sengoku, Minister of State for Government Revitalization, was once a member of Shaseidou, a left wing youth group that is reflexively anti American, as was Hirotaka Akamatsu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.