The Japanese premier also called for Asian countries to cultivate "resilience" and the ability to "determine their own future". HANOI: Japan's prime minister vowed on Saturday (May 2) to do more to ensure a "free and open Indo-Pacific", using a speech in Vietnam to tout a regional strategy that has long rankled neighbouring China. "I am renewing my determination to fulfil Japan's responsibilities and ... to play an even more proactive role than ever before in building an international order