Recently, Japan has been increasing tensions with China regarding the Pinnacle Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. Due to the Chinese military development, Japan has been working on its political and military strengthening in Asia. This essay presents two possible scenarios for Japan.

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MIYAMOTO, Shiguenoli and WATANABE, Paulo Daniel. Towards an uncertain future? The strengthening of Japan’s autonomy in Asia-Pacific. Rev. bras. polít. int. [online]. 2014, vol.57, n.1, pp. 98-116 . Available from: <http://www.scielo.br/article_plus.php?pid=S0034-73292014000100098&tlng=en&lng=en&gt;. ISSN 0034-7329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329201400106.