Europe is indeed getting woken up. Not everybody is just keeping their mouths shut anymore. Though, the recent visit of the German Bundeskanzler (Prime Minister) to Trump in the Oval Office was a disgrace for the German guy. Elections in the most southern state of Germany turned out to be a good sign overall, went to a social left-wing environmental-friendly party. Let's see what will happen with the elections in Hungary, if Orban will be pushed out, finally; Though the guy who intends to push him out isn't much better than Orban, quite right-wing, conservative, though slightly better towards Europe. The Spanish Prime Minister said no to USA using their bases on Spanish ground, the only leader in Europe who stood up and said no, the rest is keeping quiet and giving support to defend European countries such as Cyprus, which is targeted by rockets from Iran.

Anyways, what I try to tell is that the world is still trying to figure out how to deal with Trump. Most are still scared of what Trump can do to them. I suppose for Japan this isn't much different with the threat of China. Some island located very close to China, and China not showing they will respect those to be Japanese? Not sure of any details, but read something about that in past weeks.

The good thing is, when specialists and experts talk about what will come out of all this mess, new ordering of power blocks, they usually mention Japan is part of a co-operation for Europe, including Canada, Turkey and Japan. Your country isn't forgotten ;)