Malinga ndi ofalitsa nkhani ku Japan, dziko la China, monga woyandikana ndi mayiko amene amakumbatira mtsinje wa Mekong ku Indochina, yakhala ndi chidwi ndi derali kwa nthawi yaitali, koma dziko la United States posachedwapa layambanso kuchita chidwi ndi derali.
Chifukwa chake, Japan iyenera kutenga mwayi uwu kuti ithandizire chitukuko cha derali mogwirizana ndi China ndi United States.
Atsogoleri a Japan ndi mayiko asanu a ku Southeast Asia a Mtsinje wa Mekong—Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand ndi Viet Nam—anakumana ku Tokyo kaamba ka msonkhano wawo woyamba wa “Japan-Mekong Summit” pa November 6-7.
Chilengezo cha Tokyo chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa pamsonkhanowu chikuphatikiza njira zothandizira ku Japan, kuphatikizapo kupanga njira yogawa yolumikizira malo opangira zinthu ndi malo opangira mafakitale omwe amwazikana m'dera lonselo, komanso kukulitsa thandizo pankhani yachitetezo cha chilengedwe.
Japan ndi China adzipeza akupikisana kuti achitepo kanthu, pankhani yachitukuko cha dera la Mekong, akukhazikitsa mapulani awo okhudza kumanga makonde oyendera kudzera pomanga misewu, milatho ndi tunnel.
China yapereka thandizo ku pulogalamu ya North-South Economic Corridor, yomwe ikukhudza dera lochokera ku Yunnan Province la China kumpoto mpaka Thailand kumwera.
Japan, kumbali ina, yapereka chithandizo chachitukuko chovomerezeka pomanga pulogalamu ya East-West Economic Corridor, yomwe imakhudza dera la Indochina, ndi pulogalamu ya Southern Economic Corridor, yomwe imagwirizanitsa Bangkok ndi Ho Chi Minh City.
Kugwiritsa ntchito njira zapamtunda, monga East-West Economic Corridor, kungachepetse kwambiri nthawi yotengera katundu poyerekezera ndi kutumiza panyanja kudzera pa Malacca Straits.
Komabe, pali zopinga zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa kuti pakhale njira yoyendera yoyenda bwino, makamaka kuti miyambo ndi njira zokhazikitsira anthu kwaokha m'malire ziyenera kulumikizidwa ndikusinthidwa.
Chifukwa chake, mawu ophatikizana omwe adafika pamsonkhanowu akuwonetsa kufunikira kokonzanso zida zoyambira zamayiko a Mekong, osati pankhani yaukadaulo monga misewu, koma mapulogalamu monga kuwongolera malire.
Japan iyenera kugogomezera kuthandizira kwake pakukonzanso mabungwe oterowo komanso kuphunzitsa anthu akadaulo ndi anthu okhala kwaokha.
Japan ndi China apereka thandizo lachitukuko ku mayiko a Mekong mkati mwa njira zawo. Koma kuwonetsetsa kuti katundu atha kunyamulidwa ndipo anthu atha kuyenda popanda zovuta m'makonde atatu ofunikira, ndikofunikira kukhazikitsa malamulo wamba okhudza kugwiritsa ntchito kwawo.
Kuti izi zitheke, ndikofunika kuti "Japan-China Mekong Policy Dialogue Forum" yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ndi Tokyo ndi Beijing ku 2008, igwiritsidwe ntchito kuti athe kusinthana maganizo pa ndondomeko zamtsogolo za dera la Mekong kuteteza chitukuko ndi kukhazikika kwa dera.
Chofunikiranso ndikuthandizana ndi United States. Ulamuliro wa Purezidenti wa US Barack Obama wayika kufunikira kolimbitsa ubale wake ndi mayiko aku Asia.
Mu Julayi, dziko la United States lidachita msonkhano wawo woyamba wautumiki ndi mayiko anayi a ku Mekong ku Thailand - Myanmar ndi dziko lokhalo lomwe silinalowe nawo pamsonkhanowu.
Pofuna kuthana ndi vutoli ku Myanmar, akuluakulu a boma la Obama asinthanso mfundo za boma la m’mbuyomu zokhudza ziletso pazachuma zokhazokha ndipo anauza akuluakulu a boma kuti akonzeka kukonza ubale wawo ndi dzikolo.
China yakhala ikukulitsa mphamvu zake ku Myanmar, Laos ndi Cambodia, pogwiritsa ntchito thandizo lazachuma ngati chida chanzeru.
Mantha a Washington pa zomwe Beijing akuchita akuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chachikulu chomwe United States idatengera ndondomeko yochita nawo mgwirizano ndi Myanmar.
Pamene Japan ikupanga ubale wogwirizana ndi China, iyeneranso kugwira ntchito ndi United States m'njira yomwe imalimbikitsa zotsatira zabwino kwa maphwando onse.
