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  neobiosMay. 10, 2013 - 12:41PM JST

  I think we would have to see how well Playstation 4 can sell but if Sony decided to sell at a loss or very minimal profit then that would be pretty risky as console gaming isn't what it used to be thanks to smartphones and tablet as well the possibility of cloud gaming.

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  neobiosMay. 08, 2013 - 12:25PM JST

  Under automatic budget cuts, the Pentagon faces a reduction of $41 billion this fiscal year and possibly up to $500 billion over the next nine years if U.S. lawmakers fail to break a political impasse.

  The most important thing is the economy. I believe both US and China knows this at least a bit of it thus I highly doubt there would be anything serious because China seems to have that economic stability first, military development last kind of mentality as they are currently busy developing a high quality oriented economic model while for US as the article mentioned it need to settle problem that affecting its military budget cause reduction of that amount might not do much against China's military presence in the region for the next decade.

  Posted in: U.S. naval shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral

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  neobiosMay. 04, 2013 - 05:09PM JST

  China is a developing country and has made many progression and yes I know, I know there are many problems from pollution, corruption, disputes, copying and so forth but surely other countries have their own major issues as well from the past till the present. It's ridiculous to expect a standard formula to solve all the problems where each has their own unique environment and culture.

  Take a look at China and North Korea, non democratic but the gap between them is evident. India and Unites States, both democratic but why such huge differences?

  I hope readers would open up their perspective and deeply understand the problems in China as well how its development goes along with its environment. We all make mistakes, but the matter is how we confront them and improve ourselves.

  If we keep on bashing one another on every China related topic in Japan Today we can only see China's growing power from the outside.

  The 395-page report was written by nine experts led by Michael Swaine, a veteran US specialist on Chinese security. It faulted previous studies for looking only at military factors or making worst-case assumptions on China.

  Now for this topic, I think such studies should be taken more cautiously as false judgement would lead to bad decision resulting bad results. I have mentioned this before that China is using soft power to handle this issue. China would respond every action with similar forces on the dispute, if it's patrol boats then it would counter with its own, if it's fighter jets then it would counter with its own as well.

  China right now has that advantage while Japan is struggling with its economy. I feel acknowledging the existence of dispute, look towards cooperation is the best way as China's market still welcome Japan but if the day comes when China able to produce what they need by their own, Japan might lose one of their best market.

  Posted in: U.S. study sees China using 'coercive power' on Japan

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  neobiosMay. 03, 2013 - 10:10AM JST

  I believe China is not that worry about rising Japanese nationalism but some have got overacted by such comments which are more of advice rather than demand towards US which has influence on Japan in some way or another. It mentioned that US to take note of the current issue and avoid heating it up after more than 100 lawmakers visiting the shrine and 10 boats protesting near the islands.

  There is a cause for every reason but I'm shocked at the readers here bashing China like there's no tomorrow even though this is a Japanese new site. I'm from Malaysia and yes I do concerned about Japan's nationalism not as a threat but isolation towards others mainly South Korea and China.

  Posted in: China says U.S. should be concerned about Japanese nationalism

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  neobiosApr. 25, 2013 - 01:31PM JST

  First of all, China is not dumb and they are handling this issue much better than most people can think of. China is not affected much economically by this issue compare to Japan since the conflict started last year and there's hardly any much involvement from the international community. It's pretty much between Japan and China.

  China is maintaining the status quo very carefully which Japan cannot do much about it. Action speaks louder than words, under control? Try building something on those islands or take down those Chinese surveillance ships for intrusion instead of just reporting it over and over again.

  The U.S has mentioned it is not siding anyone on the dispute and I do not think they would protect Japan if the later made a mistake by altering the current status quo through heavy offensive means but of course Japan know this and would not allow China to take it as an excuse to advance their move which is why they do not allow even their own people to land or build anything on those islands.

  Right now it's all about looking for "reasons" to pursue their goal, China is waiting for Japan's mistake, Japan is waiting for China's mistake. In my opinion China is winning this very slowly through economic means and Japan need to do the similar thing by improving their economy as soon as possible before China become too strong to handle with.

  Posted in: Top U.S. general tells China U.S. committed to defending Japan

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  neobiosApr. 04, 2013 - 03:59PM JST

  SamuraiBlue, there are also other automakers from France, US, South Korea as well local ones like BYD and Geely.

  Posted in: Japan's automakers lose ground in China

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  neobiosMar. 06, 2013 - 02:13PM JST

  Japan of course. Japan holds the Senkaku Islans and repelling Chinese ships that are trying to come into the territorial water around the islands. Did you think that China holds the islands? I just feel sorry for you because you are just a victim of information manipulation by your country.

  China should stop sending patrol ships to Senkaku. If it continues "might is right" policy, Japan will no longer continues its soft policy. It will unite all the countries surrounding China, especially India, Vietnam, Soviet Union, to demand China to stop its expansionism, and to demand independence of Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Uyghur. If you do not want that head on clash and possible war against all of your neighbors, stop that stupid gunboat diplomacy.

  My suggestion is peaceful resolution though ICJ.

  CH3CHO,

  I'm from Malaysia.

  I think this would be my final comment for this article as I believe you are offended and I apologized if you got heat up by my comments. If you believe in freedom of expression then I hope you can respect my opinion as I would respect yours.

  I'm not sure but from your comments, I sense anger and discomfort when you mentioned of getting many countries together to bring this conflict into a possible war as well referring me as brainwashed for my opinions.

  Please calm down we all want to see this incident to solve as peaceful as possible, don't we? Soviet Union no longer exist by the way.

  Anyway here's my final comment, I do not think neither China or Japan holds the islands completely. I do not see any country in this world shown any intention of intervene despite Japan has mentioned this issue during UN meetings as well visits to Europe and South East Asia.

  I'm afraid this dispute is between China and Japan only at the moment as there's nothing out there that is changing the status quo we looking at right now.

  Let's us hope this dispute would not escalate much further and an official peaceful agreement will be made.

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  neobiosMar. 06, 2013 - 12:39PM JST

  That is because Japan is a defendant in Senkaku case. The party who has a complaint, which is plaintiff and in this case China, starts the legal procedure. If China started the ICJ procedure, Noda would have accepted the case. Abe may not. China has lost a very good chance of getting Senkaku.

  Yes, I know that story. China unilaterally shelved their claim to Senkaku, which was under Japanese control then and is under Japanese control now. We can safely say that China knew very well that their claim to Senkaku was very weak.

  CH3CHO,

  China has been sending patrol ships since last year and Japan do nothing much about it. If China's claim is really that weak why Japan does not accuse China of territory intrusion by bringing this matter towards ICJ?

  I can understand if China do nothing about it except babbling but that's definitely not the case as we can see right now, who is defending those islands at the moment?

  Posted in: China blasts Japan ahead of legislative session

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  neobiosMar. 06, 2013 - 11:26AM JST

  You are under false assumption that Qing Dynasty relinquished the rights of Senkaku as a result Treaty of Shimonoseki when there are no such evidence to support this.

  nigelboy, I did not make any false assumption, I said China not me and I did not assume or mention anything that those islands were belong to China.

  Everything happens without any significant notification by both sides since 1895 until around 1968 about those islands being incorporated into Japan. There is absolutely no official documents signed by both sides verifying the ownership of those islands.

  Have you own a car nigelboy?

  Now a scenario, I found your car near my house with your keys inside and I immediately changed its plate, color and then drive around few days posting pictures on facebook of my ride while all my friends believed I bought the car.

  I was however caught and fined, why? I do not possess any legal documents but nigelboy you have those stuffs. Those loan agreements, insurance, receipt, car grant, servicing records and so forth is what verifies the ownership as my plate was found to be fake.

  Now where's the official documents on those islands? Don't tell me it came from China or Japan or some maps or newspapers and such but I want to see officially signed agreement between them not blank signature. I want to see exact descriptions of the area preferably with detailed illustrations. I want to see them signed by the appropriate officials not some unrelated people that might not even work with the government.

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  neobiosMar. 05, 2013 - 07:35PM JST

  CH3CHO

  Premier Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiao Ping mentioned they wanted to let the future generation to discuss on the issue but they did not say anything about abandoning the dispute.

  From wikipedia:

  When PRC-Japan diplomatic relations were established in 1972, both nations found reasons to set aside this territorial dispute.[79] According to negotiator Deng Xiaoping, "It does not matter if this question is shelved for some time, say, 10 years. Our generation is not wise enough to find common language on this question. Our next generation will certainly be wiser. They will certainly find a solution acceptable to all."

  Also it's not just China but Japan as well does not want to bring this matter to ICJ. PM Noda in fact never asked China to bring the matter towards ICJ.

  From http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/statement/201210/01kaiken_e.html:

  Therefore, as there exists no issue of territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands, Japan will not institute proceedings before the ICJ as we have attempted with Takeshima. So far, China has also not attempted to institute proceedings before the ICJ, nor has there been any sign of movement toward that end. Therefore, I believe that there is no current prospect of having proceedings before the ICJ as you suggested.

  "We are not considering using the ICJ," Noda said at a press conference, emphasizing there is no doubt the "Senkaku Islands are an integral part of Japanese territory both internationally and historically."

  PM Noda however did ask South Korea to bring their dispute towards ICJ but was rejected.

  Now I do not know much on the credibility of ICJ but I respect the country's decision whether it's Japan, America or China if they do not wish to bring it up towards ICJ as it's their right to do so.

  I'm not sure how long the cold war last but eventually I think there will be a time where one of them would have to summit and began negotiations or face something much worse than losing those islands.

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  neobiosMar. 05, 2013 - 11:24AM JST

  When I mean doing nothing, I'm talking about the period between 1895-1968. Both ROC and PRC never asserted their claim of the islands whether it be through diplomatic correspondence to another nation or even their own domestic newspaper. In fact, both states went as far as naming them under Japanese names and marking them as Japanese territories in their own published maps during that time.

  Using common sense, it's clearly apparent that Japan did incorporate them under terra nullius and therefore, Qing, ROC, and PRC didn't care about them and continually recognized them as Japanese territory.

  Taiwan and its surrounding area was given to Japan from 1895 to 1945 and the Qing Dynasty cannot claim it back as it would violate the Treaty of Shimonoseki. China consider those islands part of Taiwan which means it belongs to Japan under the treaty but after the war ends it was nullified with Treaty of Taipei on 1952 between ROC and Japan.

  When was those letter and newspaper mention about Senkaku? I know one letter dated 1920 but Treaty of Shimonoseki was still intact obviously. The very least does it mention it was already under Japan control before the Treaty of Shimonoseki? What's more important that is there any official documents which involves China's acknowledgement on Japan's soverginity on those islands before the treaty?

  From 1952 until 1972, USCAR was the government in Okinawa but no one mention anything about those islands until studies of potential oil and gas reserves in 1968 where only by then Japan, PRC and ROC starts to claim them. In fact PRC and ROC never even knew those islands were incorporated by Japan in 1895 and believed to be returned once Treaty of Shimonoseki was ended.

  From http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/the-inconvenient-truth-behind-the-diaoyusenkaku-islands/:

  The second piece evidence is a Chinese map from 1958 that excludes the Senkaku Islands from Chinese territory. But the Japanese government's partial unveiling leaves out important information from the map's colophon: certain national boundaries are based on maps compiled prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War(1937-1945).

  That is why both sides need to negotiate on such matter rather than just shoving it aside. There are way too many controversies and issues that need to clarify not just among themselves but the public as well.

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  neobiosMar. 05, 2013 - 09:15AM JST

  It's not necessary. What is more important is how China handled Japan's incorporation when they first knew about it which is nothing. Any person with common sense will tell you that China had no interest in the islands before or after the incorporation.

  If China did nothing on such issue why are you and me along with others discussing this matter on Japan Today? Why is it there's no development until today by Japan, are you telling me in common sense that Japan has no interest on those islands? What does interest relates anything on sovereignty?

  Yes China did consider it as part of Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki but after the war only when US was giving it back to Japan both PRC and ROC realized it which started the dispute until today since around 1971.

  If however Japan did informed and verify the status of those islands, signed official agreement with Qing Dynasty before the surrender where Treaty of Shimonoseki was no longer in place, PRC and ROC can pretty much dream about it but sadly that was not the case.

  Yet again negotiation which leading to cooperation would be the best approach at this moment in solving the issue but it can only be accomplished on both sides but in my opinion looking at the current situation, cold war would be the likely choice thus we can only wait and see which one of them would remain victorious.

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  neobiosMar. 05, 2013 - 01:12AM JST

  They were not considered to be part of China either. They were considered terra nullis, which is latin for "no-mans land". It isn't a name made up by westerners. The islands belonged to no state. Terra nullis means the islands were open to whoever gets there and develops them first. That was Japan.

  Upgrayedd, may I ask how did Japan verified and confirmed those islands and its surrounding area which situated very close to Taiwan does not belong to China? Have Japan check the matter with the Qing Dynasty?

  Japan however invaded and taken over Taiwan just few months later and even so correct me if I'm wrong that Japan never mentioned anything about declaring those islands as part of Okinawa not Taiwan towards the Qing Dynasty in official manner that has absolutely nothing to do with the war which resulted the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

  If only Japan signed an agreement with China since those islands obviously nearest to them then we would not end up discussing such issue here as there's black and white on the ownership of those islands.

  Again which is why it's the best for all sides to cooperate and develop the area together and yes such plan did happened in the past but was stalled but for the sake of peace why not continue to move towards that direction rather than moving away from it? It simply generates cold war.

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  neobiosMar. 04, 2013 - 09:19PM JST

  CH3CHO, can you provide the link where PM Noda propose this issue to bring to the International Court of Justice?

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  neobiosMar. 04, 2013 - 05:46PM JST

  Let me ask a question, how do you guys prove a car belongs to you? What kind of documents are needed to show that you are the rightful owner?

  Japan did not provide anything that shows the Qing Dynasty(1644 to 1912) officially signed an agreement that those islands belong to Japan in 1895.

  However the the Qing Dynasty did signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki where Taiwan and its surrounding area to be ceded to Japan until the Treaty of Taipei took place but it was not recognized by PRC and in fact Japan abrogated the treaty once they establish diplomatic relation with PRC in 1972 thus leaving the conditions after the war hanging until today which is the status of the disputed islands.

  Thus here we are, PRC and Japan began to dispute those islands but neither one of them could present any official agreement between them which proves the ownership of those islands since 1895. Take note the Treaty of Shimonoseki did not mention anything about the status of those islands whether it's part of Taiwan or Okinawa.

  The status of those islands were on silent mode until around 1971 when potential oil and gas reserves was identified.

  China since then started to negotiate the issue with Japan when it was given to them by US in 1972. In fact even the US themselves do not claim those islands belong to either China or Japan but merely administrated by Japan as US did from 1945 to 1972.

  I'm not saying it's either me, Japan or you, China but rather the possibility of we administering those islands together but which one of them refuse to negotiate on the issue? That is what causing the cold war and the endless arguments at Japan Today.

  Do you guys really enjoy to see either China or Japan winning the cold war? I may not from China or Japan but I believe working together on the islands and continue pursue better relationships would be the ideal approach as there is no "winner" when someone else loses if you understand what I mean.

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  neobiosMar. 04, 2013 - 01:25AM JST

  The problem here is as far as I know there is absolutely no proof that PRC and Japan signed an agreement that clearly show those islands belong to either one of them.

  I see many people around here bash China and Japan all day but may I ask is there any official document signed by PRC and Japan since 1971 where PRC replace ROC as UN member declaring that those islands belong to Japan? Instead it was during that time where the disputes started until today and it's crystal clear that no country in this world include US can intervene as the so called evidence is simply way too fragile to identify who is the real owner.

  That is why we have negotiations.

  As far as I know, China recently has never demanded Japan to completely hand over those islands to China without any conditions. They do however willing to negotiate which in my opinion they can administer those islands together as a symbol of strong relationship and peace between both countries.

  No offence for those leaning on Japan, I find Abe's "there's no room for negotiations" as a bad approach and yes I understand if China wants to claim Okinawa but those tiny islands are indeed disputable and should look forward a win win situation through cooperation rather than maintaining cold war status.

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  neobiosMar. 01, 2013 - 08:04PM JST

  China and Japan is currently engaging a cold war not just due to those islands but as we come together, looking at this issue deeper, it's about becoming the regional power of East Asia and Japan holding such title for many decades met its match for the first time.

  No doubt both can be great trading partners but when it comes to such position, conflicts happen from time to time until one of them falls way behind and perhaps financially collapse if taken way too far.

  Who would win the war you may ask, I prefer to wait and see rather than spending too much time speculating but looking at the current economic situation in Japan, it might be sooner than I think.

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  neobiosMar. 01, 2013 - 12:50PM JST

  Either China does it intentionally or not, the trade off like fuels and such for the planes is not that well on Japan side as I believe at least two jets are being sent off only to find the target went back home while no violation has been made but more importantly, nothing much done to prevent such issue.

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  neobiosFeb. 28, 2013 - 10:22AM JST

  Retired generals say all kinds of things. China may not be preparing for war in the short term, but why has it been increasing its military spending by double-digit percentages every year for the past 20 years or more and going to such great lengths to "modernize" its military? China may be lacking in lots of areas, but one thing it is not lacking in is patience. It won't go to war--until it thinks it can win.

  China deserve to protect its country as much as any other countries around the world and the reason why its military is getting stronger is due to its economy obviously, richer it is the more budget to spend.

  I will be worried if there's too much military spending, hurting the nation's economy where North Korea is an example for us to see. China's philosophy in my opinion is simple, Economy first, military last, thus unless their economy is seriously threaten like no tomorrow, China would not look for a war.

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  neobiosFeb. 09, 2013 - 05:22PM JST

  I do not think It's easy to prove and China can even accuse Japan back of fabricating and producing fake evidence as it's not simple as detecting "finger prints" and such if you know what I mean.

  If Japan produce some photograph and data showing a unique frequency as well identify its weapon systems, how can it prove it's China's fire control radar and not someone else? How can Japan prove the evidence is not tampered?

  Now I would not judge immediately but let's say China did use fire control radar, they would still deny it cause pretty much likely they are confident in countering Japan's evidence and if Japan is not careful it might even backfire instead.

  For now let us wait and see the evidence but like I said they need way more than data and photos to reveal China's trickery.

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