Baltenstein wrote:Is there actually a political platform in Japan to become China's best buddy/junior partner/vassal/etc, or are all political camps united in being wary of the PRC?
All the major camps are opposed, yes. Even the JCP despises undemocratic communist states. Only the LDP's Heisei faction support any kind of rapprochement, but they've been suppressed by Abe's Seiwas.