William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
A slew of anticipatory concessions would leave Japan open to being pushed around

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."