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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 07:31AM JST

  Dear JT,

  Once, maybe just for one time, can you please provide more balanced news reporting? For instance, why is China's disputes with other countries brought up while Japan's got omitted? If those are so relavent, ow about China's record in successful settlement of territorial disputes through negotiation vs Japan's? Isn't this, also, maybe a lot more relavent? China has never rejected but welcome negotiations over all of the disputes you mentioned and what is the stance of Japan? Isn't this a good piece to be reviewed as well?

  Maybe you have also noticed, unlike Japan, in none of the disputes has China used military but I guess this will make China look too nice. Let's just assume Japan is all peace even if her military jets are chasing after Chinese civilian plane far away from her territories, even disputed territories, should we say. Oh, has JT has ever reported that SDF jets do the same only when others', Russian's, fly a lot closer? Never mind, it didn't start with C after all.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 06:17AM JST

  CrisGerSanDec. 28, 2012 - 12:59AM JST

  I am happy to hear meeting half way talked about but sadly it is empty rhetoric from China, as what they actually mean is that they want their illegal and irrational desire to seize the islands validated. I am confident that Abe will stand strong on this and China is showing actually the first signs of backing away and that she may realize that this is one steal that is never going to happen. Time to wake up and move on. There are lots of other places that China can grab more territory with less cost.

  Who stole from whom?

  Where is the sign of any side retreating?

  The root cause of the territorial disputes with Japan is non other than the grabbing of others' land by Japan from the late nineteenth centuries. Japan can deny it to China, or South Korea or Russia. Japan can even deny that is how the US has come to have bases all over Japan. When Japan can not even decide where the US puts military bases on Japanese soil, when not even the US backs up Japan's claim of sovereignty over these islands, you'd think she should know better. But obviously no. Japan's new strategy is to become a bigger pawn for US policy in exchange for more support on the Diaoyu/Senkaku disputes. Neither Japan nor China gains much. East Asia loses but the US wins.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 05:56AM JST

  PaulSDec. 27, 2012 - 11:38PM JST

  China has no way to attack Japan short of nuclear. Getting across the ocean with massive amounts of troops, ammunition, supplies is easier said than done. If Japan was Vietnam, then it would be another story. They could march in. The Chinese population at large has been inundated with propaganda for so long and has no idea that the Japanese SDF could destroy the PLA in an evening )and maybe even send it back to the Cultural Revolution according to a very respected military white paper)

  China has the 'no first use' policy on nuclear weapons. Once Japan changes constitution, I doubt it will ever come out with a similar statement. We shall wait and see.

  Your assessment shows the total hypocrisy of Japan. 'the Japanese SDF could destroy the PLA in an evening'? If this is true, you honestly think th world should take Japan's image of peaceful nation seriously? Yet all one hears is the alarm against Chinese military buildup. Nobody seems to notice Japan has done that already, although techically it doesn't even have a military.

  The top brass in China know and would like to cool things down as war is not an option.... even if the US didn't get involved. That's the truth. Japan has a well trained disciplined military, excellent attack fighter jets and top notch boats. If China wants to "compromise" while sending ships, airplanes to the islands and violating her airspace, Japan should hold her fire. If China keeps it up, Japan should attack and destroy the PLA. If the PLA is shown up to be weak, lying about strength, the Chinese population will have no mercy on the CCP

  I hope there are cooler heads in Japan than yours. Military in any nation tends to brag a bit too much about their abilities. I have read the news you have quoted. There is no point in quoting more from the other side to make things slightly less certain, since war is not a likely option.

  And no need for you to worry about the Chinese having no mercy on the CCP, either. Taipei has the same claim but only talks about peace. I hope you don't see the difference only in polity.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 05:40AM JST

  hatsoffDec. 27, 2012 - 08:33PM JST

  Meet halfway? Sorry China but you can go to hell. China kept pushing the Noda administration, and now that it has been replaced by a PM who is known to be hawkish China wants to play all nice.

  China pused Noda or the other way around? Indeed, China's call should be viewed as negatively as possible.

  No aggression needed from Japan, but absolutely no need to negotiate over something that belongs to Japan. China: why didn't you lay claim to the Senkakus when they were offered to you in 1945?

  Japan has lost the islands in 1945. It is not Japan's place to ask how China deals with it. Japan had no adminstrative rights over it since 1945. When Beijing and Taipei raised the issue, their counterpart was Washington, DC. Tokyo didn't become part of it until the US transferred the administraive rights.

  By the way, Japan still insists the islands they acquired in 1895 were terra nullius. Why haven't they come clean?

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 05:32AM JST

  JanesBlondeDec. 27, 2012 - 07:50PM JST

  They would probably flatten the islands making them into air bases .... then we would all be in real trouble.

  probably? You are probably in real trouble anway, if this probably shows how logic you can be.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 05:29AM JST

  JanesBlondeDec. 27, 2012 - 07:44PM JST

  If The Chinese Communist Party ever managed to get their hands on the islands they could then claim that everything in a 200 mile radius longs to them.

  This would also put their disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia over other islands in a whole different light. It would also put them right in Japan and Taiwan's back yard, literally sitting between them.

  JanesBlondeDec. 27, 2012 - 07:48PM JST

  It would also give them a direct, open waterline of sight right across the Pacific to Hawaii and beyond.

  Since you just lumped all the island disputes with China together as one issue, may I ask for your similar assessment on Japan over all of her disputes? What if she gets all of them?

  In terms of access, there is enough open sea for any nation to sail to the Pacific.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 05:17AM JST

  OssanAmericaDec. 27, 2012 - 09:14AM JST

  Typical of China. The two are entirely different. That the USSR "stole" the northern islands is supported by the fact that the U.S. amd U.K. consider them "stolen" by USSR and kept by Russia.

  Typical of China to have consistently appealed for negotiations, while Japan denied the very existence of any dispute at all.

  Now even if your information is correct, are the views of the US and UK the law?

  NOBODY buys China's lame argument that the Senkakus were "stolen".

  Speak for yourself. Not everybody is as blind as you. Many nations have called for peace, but which country has supported Japan's terra nullius claim? In this case, some of the best supporting documents for the stolen argument come from non other than the archives of the Japanese government. It is too late to destroy them and too obvious to reintepret them .

  Yes they did. The moment they decided to suddenly make a claim in 1971 they started the mess. And what aggression?

  Unlucky for you, Taipei has said the same thing as Beijing. Try to square that one.

  And it was not because Japan stole the islands in 1895? After 1945, Japan's territories were not decided by Japan. Japan loves to act as if somehow in 1971 Japan had got any sovereign rights over the Diaoyu islands, but really? Since you take the words of the US so seriously, hopefully you will find solice in the neutral stance of the US on the issue of sovereighty.

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 04:49AM JST

  OssanAmericaDec. 27, 2012 - 09:10AM JST

  Yea I'm going to suddenly claim my neighbors yard, make a big fuss, then suggest he meets me half-way. After he agrees I'll wait a few years then claim the rest of his yard then suggest he meets me half-way.

  Suddenly? Who suddenly changed policy over the islands and expected the other to swallow it for her (the other's) sake?

  And who is bickering with all her neighbors?

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  kevininjapanDec. 28, 2012 - 04:45AM JST

  paulinusaDec. 27, 2012 - 08:42AM JST

  Sourpuss: I agree. When has the Chinese government met halfway with any of it's Asian neighbors lately?

  Many times. Not only words but also deeds. China has settled territorial disputes with quite a few countries. If you have no clue, does it become her problem?

  BTW, can you answer the same question for Japan? When has Japanese government met halfway with any of her neighbors lately?

  Between China and Japan, the one who has territorial disputes with all her neighbors is not China but Japan. The one who has NO record of successful negotiation with another nation over territorial disputes is Japan but not China.

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  kevininjapanDec. 26, 2012 - 05:09AM JST

  fivegogo2003@yahoo.comDec. 26, 2012 - 04:29AM JST

  China will not change and good luck on creating stronger economic ties when, The selective teaching of history in China – emphasising the brutality of foreign invaders and ignoring atrocities or mistakes by China’s leaders – is intended to boost the party’s legitimacy by cultivating a nationalistic, anti-western victim mentality among young Chinese.

  The education at school always instils the idea that Japanese are evil people and if you turn on the television most of the programmes are about the anti-Japanese war,” “How can they possibly not resent the Japanese?

  If only it were that simple.

  Can you tell me how Ishihara calls China, foreigners or ethnic Koreans? How have Japanese media/people/officials responded? Do not tell me he is nobody. Remember this is the real boss of your Prime Minister on Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands and the one who has been lauded and elected for speaking people's mind. .

  Now you find me a match in China. Some heavy weight with the such foul mouth. Do that and I will give you some credit to be so one-sided.

  'The selective teaching of history'?

  Right, hasn't Japan just given schools more material on Senkaku?

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  kevininjapanDec. 26, 2012 - 04:45AM JST

  YuriOtaniDec. 25, 2012 - 02:47PM JST

  Only surrender of Senkaku and then the rest of the Okinawa Prefecture will be acceptable. Once they have secured it the Peoples Republic of China will ask for even more. Though once they secure offensive bases they will demand the surrender of the Republic of China and not getting that invade.

  Come on. Be more logical.

  These islands were not part of Ryukyu to begin with. About the only honest part in the Japanese official narative on the history of the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands is that it did not belong to Ryukyu.

  The Kingdom of Ryukyu did actively seek China's protection to fend off Japan until China became too weak to do the job.

  You cerainly may try to put the two in the same category, which is also adopted sometimes by the Japanese media and officials. Japan has never been known as an honest player. We don't even need to look into how the wars and occupations with the neighboring countries started. Let's just stay with the case of taking Ryukyu. The 'job' was done in 1872, long before it became open and official in 1879. Mind you, I didn't have to make the connection if you had chosen not to.

  The thing that truly amazes me is why you need to worry at all. Isn't Japanese is the land of monoethnicity,with one mind and one voice, from Okinawa to Hokkaido (or the four Nothern islands?), which explains the uniqueness and the natural inexhaustible strength of the nation? What on earth could shake, let alone break, such a solid rock?

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  kevininjapanDec. 22, 2012 - 02:28AM JST

  WilliBDec. 21, 2012 - 06:29PM JST

  smithjapan:

  " Tokyo had just hoped Beijing meet all of Japan's demands. "
  

  Unless you missed it, the Chinese government is making demands (to Japan and other countries), not the other way around.

  Unless you missed it, Noda made the move. However correct he thought he was, it was strange he did it as if the Chinese hadn't warned him repeatedly about the certainty of adverse reaction. Not that he had to listen to the Chinese, but with his stated intent to manage the situation for China's sake, god knows why he'd thought they wouldn't do anything. Now comes the new status quo, Abe has called off the government involvement which would have taken place on Feb. 22 to mend relationship with South Korea, but has offered nothing but strong words to China. He must have factored that into his 2% inflation plan, then.

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  kevininjapanDec. 22, 2012 - 01:56AM JST

  HawkeyeDec. 21, 2012 - 03:49PM JST

  It would be hilarious if one of Kim ill Jun's rockets fell onto one of the Chinese ships. China is a rude bunch and need a lesson in manners by the US military

  Come on. Give Japan some respect. How many times Has Noda suggested Japan wants to play adult? Why, they can't handle the situation by themselves?

  BTW, at least Kim Jong Un will your kind and polite words to heart and forgive your mistaking his and his father's names on top of misspelling the latter's.

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  kevininjapanDec. 22, 2012 - 01:34AM JST

  papigiulioDec. 21, 2012 - 03:19PM JST

  So? They have been doing that ever since the beginning. They just want to taunt and taunt until Japan makes a mistake. Which is not going to happen.

  Until Japan makes a mistake? Wrong tense. It happened already. China hadn't started until recently is due to the mutual acquiescence of leaving it aside reached 40 years ago. There is no longer need to keep away from it, but no reason for hurry too much either.

  People like you apparently have no idea how NOT hurried they are. If you imagine they look for head-on collision with Japan, that will continue to stay as your own fantasy. Have you ever given any thoughts to what if they could maintain their target of 7.5% annual growth rate? In other words, they are trying their best to double their GDP within a decade. What good will do if they force America's hand? US may worry about miscalculations but I doubt they have ever worried about such rashness from the Chinese.

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  kevininjapanDec. 21, 2012 - 12:49AM JST

  Nhan ThaiDec. 20, 2012 - 10:11PM JST

  with all the bad behavior that china is to its smaller and weaker neighbors , and now it (china) must facing to the US force , that is deserved to the bullish , so wait and see what is the new game that china use to confront to the US force . china should taste the S H I T of the US and experience how the Asean feel while tasting its ...

  Whose bad behavior? If you refer to Vietnam or Philippine, other ASEAN members are fed up. Vietnam claims half of the SCS and Philippine joined the fray only because of proximity in geography. They should be happy now. Nobody else wanted to follow them, so they are talking between themselves. What I don't understand is why they went ahead by themselves. They cried foul because China wanted bilateral negotiations. If they can work out a deal, it validates the soundness and practicality of China's approach. If not, they are hypocrites for calling China the core of the problem.

  And what about your own bad behavior? Try using space to trick the system, is this some sort of high game also loved by the smaller and weaker neighbors?

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  kevininjapanDec. 21, 2012 - 12:20AM JST

  0 SaketownDec. 20, 2012 - 11:32PM JST

  The facade is over for the Communist Regime of China. Let me remind or educate you all out that over 55,000 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War. A War that was waged against Communist Aggression from North Vietnam who was Fueled, Armed, and Supplied by Communist China. America has not forgotten who played a major roll in all the deaths of those young Americans that have their lives for Freedom and Democracy. If Communist China had not played a key Logistical Roll in that War, then we could've Won and brought Freedom to South Vietnam. Therefore, Communist China must never forget that they were (and still are) a Key Accessory to Communist Aggression in the Asian Pacific Theatre of Operations. We have stealth Submarines, Ships, and Aircraft already in the region...and we will be watching.

  To educate anyone maybe you need to answer where was the need for the facade to begin with.

  And why Vietnam war only? What about the Korean War?

  If your grand statement is to stand, how is COMMUNIST Vietnam getting on with the States recently?

  If revenge is the name of the game, who should be the first target?

  If anti-Communism is the goal, who is the easy target?

  Yeah, keep watching.

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  kevininjapanDec. 20, 2012 - 10:32PM JST

  opexwellsDec. 20, 2012 - 05:13PM JST

  you think your Chinese still are good as before, I am really doubt about it. you Chinese in an attempt to change the order of world that had been established since WWII.

  Who has changed the order of world?

  Who settled Japanese territories without China? At that time, Taipei still represented China.

  Who now quietly nudges Japan to arm more and, if necessary, to modify the very constitution She wrote after the war?

  On the territorial disputes with Japan, China has used Cairo Declaration. Is that not part of the order? Where is the American voice?

  US is deploying more weapons and this is not an attempt to change? Why not five years earlier? Why not ten years later? Pentagon's game is on, so the other side must have been doing something seriously wrong?

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  kevininjapanDec. 20, 2012 - 10:19PM JST

  viking68Dec. 20, 2012 - 05:16PM JST

  American's aren't interested enough in the Chinese to hate them.

  Or to put it another more polite way, they are too busy with their own lives to hate the Chinese.

  Chinese are probably even busier and they like America and Americans far more than the other way around.

  When China was humiliated left and right, America was never as greedy as others. Everybody knows war reparation to the States was used instead used as scholarships for Chinese students to the States. Then there was WWII. Even with the communists, there is no real hatred. The US criticizes China all the time, but it also accommodates most Chinese immigrants, including those corrupted officials. How can one hate a country or people like that?:-)

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  kevininjapanDec. 20, 2012 - 10:01PM JST

  Nhan ThaiDec. 20, 2012 - 09:22PM JST

  america is a really police officer of the world , and is really a reliable friend to its friends . not like china , who is always taking advantage from its fade friends and bullying friends as it has a hard time to take advance .

  Ask the Vietnamese forty years ago. Who fought side by side with them till the end and who abandoned them. And how Vietnam has paid back to each side. And who has given islands to Vietnam.

  One thing you got right. America is the police of the world. No betrayal will be possible.

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  kevininjapanDec. 20, 2012 - 09:55PM JST

  @tangula51Dec. 20, 2012 - 04:37PM JST

  Uhh, hope you walk the walk.

  US will do it anyway, for China is not its vassal state. But is there really so much need to turn it into positives? The more Americans deploy, the faster/better Chinese grow?:-)

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