What?? China is a resource poor country??
Do you even know your country well bro?
China is among the top 12 largest oil producers in the world, its the largest producer of coal in the world, it also has the largest shale gas reserve in the world(bigger than even mighty U. S who is a pioneer in this), it also produces over 90percent of rare earth metals. plus they even discovered more oil/gas in south China sea. etc.. ...
Japan has little or none of all these, and is located on a tectonic landscape prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters, plus Japan is even need densely populated than China giving lots small landscape. Etc.
So no China isn't poor in natural resources, but I admit due to its huge population its barely enough to keel them going/satisfy demand. But China is far from being a resource loot country. Japan yes.
But Japan is still more advance /productive than both China and Russia despite all this.
Lool just is all but part of the west. It's only an Asian country by geography tbh. Japan considers itself more western than Asian (yes I have been there a few times, I can attest to this). This doesn't means they have taken or want to copy our culture /way of life. Japan has kept /preserved its tradition quite well with a mix of western style but it's still very much Japanese culture that dominates. Japan is still for now the most advanced country in Asia wind the only Asian country part of the G7 . So they are all but part of our camp now, and that won't change anytime soon no matter how Russia and China whine.
Japanese sanctions on Russia and the calling off of Putin's visit is a prove of this. Japan had made the right choice as I said, Russia doesn't have anything to offer it, contrary to we in the west /U. S.