dʒəpˈæn kʊd nˌɑːt ɡˌoʊ ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð ðˈɪs, nˌɑːt æt lˈiːst dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, æz ɪt wʌz ɹˌiːˈoːɹiəntɪŋ ɪtsˈɛlf ˈæftɚ ðə kəmplˈiːt kəlˈæps ʌvðɪ ˈiːstɚn blˈɑːk ɐmˈɪd ðə ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃənz ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn ænd ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə kˈoʊld wˈɔːɹ.
Japan could not go along with this, not at least during the beginning of the 1990s, as it was re-orienting itself after the complete collapse of the Eastern Bloc amid the Revolutions of 1989 and the end of the Cold War.