2 Chinese ships leave Japan's territorial waters near disputed isles

Monday 08th December, 06:30 PM JST

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Proffessor at 06:39 PM JST - 8th December

I wonder what steps the U.S would have taken if it were the Russian Ships in U.S territorial waters.
Nippon5 at 09:27 PM JST - 8th December

Proffessor ... It happens all the time. Its kinda what the Navy does... They come over to us, we go over by them, its a game of who can get in farthest without being detected.....

And Romulus is right a call is made and the others naval ship moves out of the other navies waters... Same thing with China...
franz75 at 09:34 PM JST - 8th December

"Japan has lodged a protest with China against the two survey ships’ ‘‘very regrettable’’ intrusions" that is Japan's point of view.
likeitis at 10:25 PM JST - 8th December

These islands are closer to Taiwan than they are to Okinawa. And Okinawa is pretty far from Japan proper already and I am sure a lot of people there would not mind cutting ties with Japan and being indepedent like they used to be.

It seems to me that Japan's claims are those of a brute who holds territory by force. It really seems like all they got. China and Taiwan's claims seem far more valid to me. Heck, even Japan administered the islands as part of TAIWAN when Taiwan was a Japanese colony! Now they say its part of Okinawa. The story changes to fit the purpose. The trademark of the dishonest. But, historically, its the brute that gets the spoils and the only way to get him off is to be a bigger brute. Here is to hoping the Chinese will not go that route.
some14some at 11:04 PM JST - 8th December

Today it was reported that Japan will pay Y29M to Taiwan for destroying their fishing vessel. So, Chinese ships may have same intention of getting hit...and then huge claim.
caribjustice at 11:07 PM JST - 8th December

I wonder what the Chinese said about the incident.
romulus3 at 11:31 PM JST - 8th December

north,

Its true about Tibet, and Tibet has an argument against China but that should not automatically disqualify the Nanking rape. Of course China should not be allowed to be a global bully but Japan needs to come clean on Nanking.

Russian and Georgia do not compare to Nanking. No one in Nanking could ever have qualified or hoped to be part of Japan. And why would they want to be called Yamato anyway?

I think that Russia's action against Georgia is like Japans action against Nanking, not the other way around.
The_Marion at 12:01 AM JST - 9th December

likeitis has my full stamp of approval. I like what you wrote!
OssanAmerica at 03:23 AM JST - 9th December

As if this minor incident which was handled in a diplomatic manner and promtly resolved has anything to do with Tibet or Nanking. And liketis, there are more people in Quebec who want to separate from Canada than there are Okinawans who want to separate from Japan. Okinawa is a strategically crucial location for U.S. interests to protect ourselves and our allies from "brutes" as you call them.
ai_sumo at 03:39 AM JST - 9th December

an article in a newspaper abroad says: "it is also interpretted by U.S as a stretegic move by local right-wing group for using enemies against enemies".

does it mean that it is a stir-up between U.S and china?if that's the case,Russia will join un-invited.Hmm...
Shumatsu_Samurai at 04:20 AM JST - 9th December

the sad thing about it is, that this gets a top headline on JT.

If the situation were the reverse the Chinese media would be beating their chests like a bunch of apes - this is tame in comparison.
Terrikus at 05:24 AM JST - 9th December

Not necessarily. China's really toned down anti-Japanese rhetoric.
likeitis at 11:58 AM JST - 9th December

Okinawa is a strategically crucial location for U.S. interests to protect ourselves and our allies from "brutes" as you call them.

U.S. interests and protecting ourselves and our allies? Like I was hinting at, nothing based on what would be fair and consistent, but based on paranoia, selfishness, and brute force.

U.S. interests? How do they outweigh Asian interests in ASIA of all places??? I guess robbing the Native Americas of their land just wasn't enough? America must have Asia too???

Protecting ourselves? Now THAT takes the cake? Just how chicken are these Americans? How much buffer do they need? Americans sitting in Okinawa is like sitting on the street in front of China's house waving a baseball bat while the American family house is on the complete other side of town! Ever imagine the Chinese might think of protecting themselves? Maybe they have some testicular fortitude, because if America was in that position it would have been full scale war long ago. America's last 100 years on the point of attacking others gives me more pause than China's. And the Japanese? Holy Moley! But you easily call China the brutes. Too funny!

Protecting our allies? Well it looks like in the article our allies were the one's "protecting" their ill gotten islands all by themselves.
toguro at 05:45 AM JST - 10th December

likeitis: "Ever imagine the Chinese might think of protecting themselves? Maybe they have some testicular fortitude, because if America was in that position it would have been full scale war long ago. America's last 100 years on the point of attacking others gives me more pause than China's. And the Japanese? Holy Moley! But you easily call China the brutes. Too funny!

Protecting our allies? Well it looks like in the article our allies were the one's "protecting" their ill gotten islands all by themselves."

Did you ever wonder why the Chinese haven't taken Taiwan by force yet? Now I don't think it all has to do with the United States vowing to come to Taiwan's defense, but I'm pretty sure that some of it does.
likeitis at 01:45 PM JST - 12th December

Did you ever wonder why the Chinese haven't taken Taiwan by force yet? Now I don't think it all has to do with the United States vowing to come to Taiwan's defense, but I'm pretty sure that some of it does.

Well, if I were to take the U.S. Civil war as a standard, they have every right to do so and the U.S. is in the way. But obviously this is not about fairness and equality as I have been saying all along. It is about using brute force or threats to get what you want.