As China and Russia build their (fragile) alliances, the US amps up the new Cold War by urging Japan to mutliply its defense spending:
Shigeki Tosa in Washington and Yoshihiro Makino (2019). Bolton suggests fivefold rise in Japan’s spending on U.S. military. The Asahi Shimbun, July 31 2019, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201907310066.html
See Michael Klare, A New Cold War in Asia? - TomDispatch (here) for discussion of the New Cold War in Asia.
What I admire most about the Japanese people is their strong sentiment toward peace.
Unfortunately, what I admire least about the American people is their willingness to be stirred up into a war frenzy by zealots such as Bolton.
Politicians who trade in hate and war betray the very foundations of security, rather than bolstering it.