You got a point there. Maybe a China-Japan-India axis in the future? Tom Clancy wrote of such in Debt of Honor. Who would have thought a China-India "strategic partnership" was possible until now? India can take over Australia, China taking over Siberia, and Japan taking over WestPac. That was the scenario envisioned by Clancy. In the same novel, suicide pilot crashed into the Capitol Building, killing POTUS and whole bunch of top officials. Who would have thought that being possible?
I don't see Japan and China uniting with current hostilities.