For Southeast Asia, trust in Japan runs deepest where China presses hardest and breaks down where neutrality is a point of pride.
Analysts say that dynamic, revealed in an annual survey released earlier this month, explains why Vietnam and the Philippines both see the East Asian nation as a trusted partner while Indonesia, a country that has long prized non-alignment, is uncomfortable with Tokyo’s deepening embrace of Washington.
Trust in Tokyo is highest in the Philippines (77.3 per cent),…
Vietnam and Philippines trust Japan. Why doesn’t Indonesia?
