It seems that Japanese would go solo on this. I suspected that Obama would choke at the last moment. It has come true. Under this circumstance, S. Korea tends to stay close to U.S. stance. I also suspect that LDP sees this episode as resurrecting their sagging political fortune lately.
By the way, news about two Current TV reporters completely dropped out of radar screen. I wonder whether it has something to do with U.S. backing down after so much posturing.