Tag: Japan
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South China Sea Accord
The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marty Natalegawa, has called Asean members define a common position on the South China Sea dispute. Marty Keeps Pushing for South China Sea Accord By Ulma Haryanto, […]
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Protests Resume
18 September is the anniversary of the day in 1931 when Japan staged the excuse for its later invasion of China. This year’s anniversary is particularly tense because of a mounting […]
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Urgent Measures
Japanese Prime Minster Yoshihiko Noda has urged the Chinese Government to take urgent measures to prevent violence against Japanese citizens in China Japan PM Noda urges China to prevent anti-Japan violence […]
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Cooler Heads
The US has called for ”cooler heads to prevail” as tension intensifies between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea. US calls for ‘cooler heads’ in […]
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Purchase Plan Confirmed
Tokyo has confirmed its intention to purchase disputed islands also claimed by Beijing from private owners, Sino-Japanese relations have been strained for some time and this latest development risks further heightening […]
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Japan Buys Islands
Media reports from Japan say the government has reached a deal to buy disputed islands in the East China Sea from their private owner. Japan government ‘reaches deal to buy’ […]
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Island Grabbing
Until recently, Asian countries’ competing claims in the seas around China did not cause outright conflict. But now that drilling technology can tap gas and oil beds there, Asia capitals […]
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Antagonising Beijing
The Japanese news agency Kyodo has reported that Tokyo has made a $25 million bid for the purchase of a group of islands Beijing considers ‘sacred territory’ Japan Plans To […]
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Sino-Japanese Naval War 2012
OK, it’s probably not going to happen…..but if it did, who would win? This article by James R. Holmes for Foreign Policy examines how the current tensions could develop into. […]
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Island Dispute
Several Japanese nationalists landed on a rocky island in the East China Sea which is at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing. Island landing sparks China protests Several […]
