From an Asian perspective, Japan has lost all respect. It has turned into a nation of whiners, turning to its master, the USA, at the sign of every little trouble, and always inviting Uncle Sam to poke its nose into East Asia. Japans double standard can be seen from its reluctance to join the AIIB, which would benefit all Asian nations. While Japan was a rich and developed country for a long time, it did very littel to help develop other Asian nations, which China is currently doing. It had been punching above its weight due to the sole support and unmitigated glorification from the West. Japan has become a number troublemaker in Asia and I hope it is put in its place, soon.
ECS ADIZ: it's about sovereignty (CLOSED FOR COOLING OFF)
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From an Asian perspective, Japan has lost all respect. It has turned into a nation of whiners, turning to its master, the USA, at the sign of every little trouble, and always inviting Uncle Sam to poke its nose into East Asia. Japans double standard can be seen from its reluctance to join the AIIB, which would benefit all Asian nations. While Japan was a rich and developed country for a long time, it did very littel to help develop other Asian nations, which China is currently doing. It had been punching above its weight due to the sole support and unmitigated glorification from the West. Japan has become a number troublemaker in Asia and I hope it is put in its place, soon.
Blackstone
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The real problem Japan currently faces isn't its temerity to lie about rightful Diaoyu sovereignty, or the extremely unhelpful US neutrality dictated by terms of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Japan's real problem is China now has the immense comprehensive national power and the undeterred political will to recover stolen land, without firing a shot.
China's ECS ADIZ is fait accompli, and there's nothing Japan can do to reverse it. China's Coast Guard regularly patrols Diaoyu waterways, and its Air Force conducts routine patrols over the area. Going forward, China's power on the ECS in general and Diaoyu in specific will grow much faster than Japan.
Japan is running out of time to keep its ill gotten land, and it knows it only too well. But, what can it do? It can't win a shooting war with China, so that option is out. But, if Japan stays the course, then China's build up over the next two or three decades will be so overwhelming, it wouldn't matter what Japan do or don't do.
What about the United States? Didn't both Obama and Trump promise to protect Japan from China, including Diaoyu? The answer is don't bet on it. I say that because China doesn't need war to win back Diaoyu, and should Japan starts a shooting war, America has the perfect excuse to wash its hands of the sordid affair and let Japan stew in the juices of its own folly.
Japan has no good options, because peace favors China and war would end it even faster. That's why it is fearful, desperate, and grasping at straws.
antiterror13
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well, well, well @SamuraiBlue ...... the truths hurt you so much I suppose
Thats why please read other history books, not only from Japanese textbooks ... I don't blame you really
.. you don't know what you don't know ... you only know what you know ... unfortunately you only know from Japanese textbooks ... sad ... very sad
SamuraiBlue
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SamuraiBlue
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Ohhh boy, talk about ignorance talking.
Try looking up on how much Japan spent in ODA within Asia and come back to this topic shall we?
Japan had also been deeply involved in established ADB and have injected funds to various needing nations from the mid 60's.
AIIB is basically trying to do the same which will help other nations but Japan has it's hands full already thank you.
smh...
Jeff, please do something because such language shouldn't be used even on the Internet forum. Let alone public places.
Agreed.
It has previously noted that the ADB was fat and lazy until the AIIB appeared, at which point it suddenly found billions more for investment and speeded up decision-making remarkably.
And it does look like the AIIB will be a better run development bank. References below
Yup
It's why Shintaro Ishihara (a favourite of the neo-con/conservative/right-wing ) forced the government nationalisation of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands when he was Governor of Tokyo.
He's on the public record in a newspaper article saying that a wealthy developed China cannot help but dominate Japan, which would be 10x smaller in terms of population and also economic/industrial heft. There would be no need for China to resort to military action to get what it wants, whatever that may be in the future.
So China's strategy should be to avoid any sort of outright war (even if it can win) and concentrate on economic development and the hundreds of millions of still poor peasants.
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