to defend against china. . senator rui matsukawa, you have a very different perspective. you are a lot closer to china, no? for a long time, when the european nations were very different, japan has been very consistent about paying attention to the chinese authoritarian behaviour, especially in the security field. especially in the sea. it is japan actually who proposed the strategy, and that's now unfortunately — the us has been employing and work together, the coalition of the quad. australia, india, japan, and the us. we are really happy and japan is really, really happy that the