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Japan PM
Says Wants Friendly Ties with China
(Reuters, Dec. 28, 2005) Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi said on Wednesday he would strive to develop friendly ties with China
in 2006, after a year in which relations with that country hit their lowest
in decades.
China: Japan
Stance on Taiwan, History Sours Ties
(China
Daily, Dec. 28, 2005) Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday
Japan's wrong words and actions toward the issues of Taiwan and history are
the major factors leading to the poor sentiment between the people of China
and Japan.
Japanese
Feel Unfriendly to PRC
(AFP, Dec. 26, 2005) Japan's
opinion of China
is at its lowest level in more than 25 years, according to a poll that was
published at the weekend that showed less than one in three people felt
friendly towards their giant neighbor.
Japan Backs Joint US Missile
Plan
(BBC, Dec. 25, 2005) Japan
has approved a joint missile defence programme with the US.
The project aims to produce an advanced version of the US
system, which seeks to destroy incoming missiles before they reach their
targets.
China's Military a Danger:
Japan
(AP, Dec. 22, 2005) China's
expanding military budget represents a danger and is fueling suspicion among
other nations, Kyodo News agency quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso as
saying.
China Cancels Meeting with
Japan in Shrine Row
(AFP, Dec. 9, 2005) China
has pulled out of a meeting of foreign ministers with Japan
and South Korea,
blaming Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "arrogance" over a
controversial war shrine.
Japanese Minister Raps
China, S. Korea over Shrine
(Reuters, Nov. 27, 2005)
Japan's
foreign minister criticized China
and South Korea
for protesting against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to
a Tokyo shrine for the war dead.
Japan's Draft Charter
Redefines Military
(Washington Post, November 23, 2005)
The governing Liberal Democratic Party released a draft revision of Japan's
pacifist constitution that for the first time since World War II would
recognize the country's armed forces as a fully functioning military.
Japan Tired of China Playing
the 'History Card'
(Straits Times, Nov. 17, 2005) “The Hu administration is basically not
anti-Japan. It wants good relations with Japan.
But the Chinese Communist Party will want to maintain a basically anti-Japan
posture so as to give itself continued legitimacy.”
Japan on Alert over Chinese
Jets
(BBC, Nov. 10, 2005) Japan
has scrambled fighter jets to see off what it believes were Chinese military
planes 30 times in the last six months, according to officials.
The Politics of Assigning a
Nuclear Carrier to Japan By Richard Halloran (Japan Times, Nov. 9,
2005) The easy part of newly assigning a U.S. aircraft carrier to Japan,
which was to persuade the Japanese to accept a nuclear-powered vessel, has
been accomplished. Now comes the hard part: deciding which one of 10 carriers
should be based in the port
of Yokosuka.
Asian Stability Hinges on
Japanese Isolation By Christoph Bertram
(Taipei Times, Nov. 1, 2005)
Japan's
isolation increases its dependency on its only ally the US,
and undermines the fragile chance of developing a framework in Asia
to address future regional crises in a spirit of cooperation rather than
confrontation and rivalry.
U.S. and Japan Agree to
Strengthen Military Ties
(NYT, Oct. 30, 2005) The
United States and Japan
announced a sweeping agreement to reshape their military alliance, including
the reduction of marines on Okinawa and the
construction of a new generation of radar equipment in Japan
as part of a missile defense system.
U.S. Nuclear Carrier to Be
Based in Japan
(Reuters, Oct. 28, 2005)
The United States will base a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Japan
for the first time starting in 2008 after Japan
dropped long-standing resistance to the move.
U.S. and Japan Agree on Plan
to Relocate Okinawa Air Base
(New York Times, Oct. 27, 2005)
The United States and Japan
agreed on a plan today to relocate a major American air base on the southern island
of Okinawa, removing the biggest
obstacle to talks on the redeployment of American troops across the country.
Japan-China Oil Dispute
Escalates
(WP, Oct. 22, 2005) China
has completed at least one new drilling platform in the East China
Sea and may already be tapping into hotly contested natural gas
and oil fields, escalating a dispute with Japan.
Japanese PM Visits Tokyo War
Shrine
(AP, Oct. 17, 2005)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prayed at a Tokyo
shrine honoring the country's war dead, defying critics who say the visits
glorify militarism and risking a further deterioration in relations with China
and South Korea.
China Wants to Resolve UN
Dispute with Japan
(Reuters, Oct. 16, 2005)
China's
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told a Japanese official that Beijing
wants talks to resolve a dispute over Tokyo's
pursuit of a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
Call to Jointly Develop East
China Sea Gas and Oil Fields
(Asahi Shimbun, Oct. 3, 2005)
Fearful that China
will suck up precious natural resources, Japan
is proposing joint development of oil and gas fields close to a median line
between the two countries in the East China Sea.
Chinese Ships on Standby in
Disputed Waters
(Straits Times, Sep. 30, 2005)
China
yesterday said it has put naval ships on standby in the disputed East
China Sea area whose gas and oil deposits are also claimed by Japan.
Japanese Court Rules PM's
Shrine Visit Unconstitutional
(AFP, Sep. 30, 20050
A Japanese court ruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
visits to a controversial war shrine violated the constitution, in a moral
victory for victims of Japan's war-time aggression.
Japan's Military Draws Plans
to Counter Attack by China
(Reuters, Sep. 27, 2005) Japan's
military has drawn up a defense plan that maps out responses to possible
Chinese attacks against Japan,
according to the Asahi Shimbun.
Japan, China to Hold Talks
on Gas Drilling
(AP, Sep. 22, 2005) Japan
and China
will meet to settle a feud over claims to undersea oil and gas deposits in
disputed waters following Japan's
protests over new drilling activity by China
in the area.
Chinese Warships Make Show
of Force at Protested Gas Rig
(Japan Times, Sep. 10, 2005)
Five Chinese naval ships, including a guided-missile destroyer, were spotted
Friday morning near the Chunxiao gas field in the East China Sea,
where Japan
and China
have a dispute over demarcation.
Japan Polls Won't Lead to
Better China Ties
(Straits Times, Sep. 8, 2005) Japan's upcoming election is unlikely to bring
any promise of better ties with China, as the political relationship between
the two powers hits a record low.
Government Wants Mechanism
for Talks with U.S., Japan
(CNA, Sep. 4, 2005) The
government is pushing for the establishment of a regular high-level
communication and dialogue mechanism with the United
States and Japan,
President Chen Shui-bian's chief of staff revealed.
Tokyo Teacher Is Punished
for Pacifist Stance By Anthony Faiola
(Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2005) As Japan has observed the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War II in the Pacific this month, nationalist political
leaders have gained prominence advocating a stronger role for Japan in the
world.
Taiwan, Japan Lawmakers to
Meet Regularly on Security Issues (CNA, Aug. 27, 2005) A convener of the Legislative Yuan's Defense
Committee said that its counterparts in the Japanese Diet have agreed to have
regular exchanges of visits.
Japan Coastguard Hopes to
Build Lighthouse on Islet Disputed with China (AFP, Aug. 24, 2004) Japan's coastguard says it hopes to build a
lighthouse on a remote atoll in the Pacific in a move that could reinforce
the country's claim in a territorial dispute with China.
DPP Clarifies Stance on
Taiwan's Era as a Colony of Japan
(CNA, Aug. 16, 2005) The Democratic Progressive Party termed Japan's 1895 to
1945 rule of Taiwan as "colonial and aggressive," stressing that
from Taiwan's point of view, the island was indeed "occupied"
during that period.
Japan Says China Is Drilling
for Gas in Disputed Area
(AP, Aug. 11, 2005) The
Japanese government suspects China
has begun drilling gas in the East China Sea along a
disputed sea border, and has asked Beijing
to stop, officials said.
Poll: Asia Unworried by
Japan
(CNN.com, Aug. 5, 2005)
Asians are generally supportive of their neighbors' economic and political
advancement, although the support is not unanimous, according to the latest
findings of a CNN/Time poll.
Japan’s Defense Report
Raises Concerns About Chinese Military (Asahi Shimbun, Aug.
2, 2005) The fiscal 2005 white paper on defense expressed serious concerns
about China's military
buildup, warning that Beijing's activities could
tip its military balance with Taiwan.
President Chen Calls for
Closer Taiwan-Japan Ties
(CNA, July 27, 2005)
President Chen Shui-bian said he believes that the more firmly Japan sticks
to its guns, the higher the esteem in which China
would hold Japan.
Japan's Defense Chief Given
Missile-Intercept Role
(Japan Times, July 23, 2005)
The Diet enacted a revised law that allows the Defense Agency chief to order
emergency missile interceptions without waiting for approval from the prime
minister and the Cabinet.
China Protests Japanese Move
in E.China Sea
(Reuters, July 15, 2005) China
strongly protested against what it said was an infringement of its sovereign
rights and interests in the East China Sea after Japan
granted rights to a firm to test drill for gas near disputed waters.
Anti-Japan Feelings Run High
Among China Young-Poll
(Reuters, July 6, 2005)
More than half of China's
young hate or dislike Japan
despite the fact that most of them have never even met a Japanese person, a
new poll suggests.
China Seizes Books That Show
Separate Taiwan
(Reuters, June 29, 2005)
Chinese Customs officials recently seized textbooks headed for a Japanese
school in China
because they objected to the way maps in the books depicted Taiwan
as a separate entity from mainland China.
Taiwan
Eyes Joint Management of Overlapping Economic Zones (CNA, June 22, 2005) Taiwan will suggest that Japan shelf their
conflicting sovereignty claims to waters where the two countries'
200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone overlap and jointly manage them.
Hsieh
Calls for Calm on Diaoyutais
(Taipei Times, June 20, 2005) Premier Frank Hsieh
yesterday called for calm amid mounting tensions between Taiwan
and Japan
caused by recent fishing disputes and conflict over the Diaoyutai islands.
Fishermen
Threaten to Seize Intruding Japanese Fishing Boats (China Post, June 17, 2005) Fishermen in Suao yesterday
threatened to seize any Japanese fishing boats intruding into Taiwan's
exclusive economic zone starting June 21.
Fishermen Urged to Forget
Plan of Flying China's Flag
(Taipei Times, June 16, 2005) Japan has chased away or confiscated more
fishing boats from China than from Taiwan, a Cabinet spokesman said in
response to fishermen's plan to disguise themselves.
Taiwan Aborigines Demand
Japan Shrine Return Spirits
(Reuters, June 14, 2005)
Taiwanese aborigines demanded that their ancestors' names be removed from the
sanctum, seen by Asian countries as a symbol of Japan's
past militarism.
Japanese Firms Rethink China
Expansion Plans
(Financial Times, June 11, 2005)
Three in 10 Japanese companies operating in China
are reassessing expansion plans. Rocky bilateral ties and anti-Japanese sentiments
souring outlook for the year.
Taiwan Fishermen Sail to
Waters Disputed with Japan
(Reuters, June 9, 2005) About 40 fishing boats from Taiwan sailed north to challenge
Japan's claim over rich fishing grounds surrounding a disputed group of
islands in the East China Sea.
US Tells
Japan, China to 'Move on' in Spat Over History
(AFP, June 8, 2005) The United States told Japan and
China to "move on" in their spat over historical wrongs, arguing
that their continuing squabble could damage regional trade and security
interests.
China Urged To Be More Open
on Defense
(AP, June 4, 2005) Japan's
defense chief urged China
on to release more information about its military spending and said Tokyo
seeks a peaceful resolution to the Taiwan
question.
Tokyo Tries to Cool China
Rift
(CNN.com, May 26, 2005) After further deteriorations in relations between
Japan and China this week, Tokyo has pledged to work on improving ties
between the two Asian powers.
Chinese Official Cuts Short
Japan Trip to Protest Shrine Visit
(NYT, May 24, 2005) As a fence-mending trip to Japan by a senior Chinese
official ended in acrimony, China made clear that the official had cut short
her visit to protest possible new visits to a war shrine by Japan’s prime
minister.
New Japan, U.S. Roles Eyed
(Yomiuri Shimbun, May 19, 2005) The Japanese and U.S. governments have embarked
on talks to draw up a joint document about new role-sharing between the
Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military with a view to releasing it in
June.
China and Japan Agree to
Maintain Dialogue
(AFP, May 16, 2005) Japan
and China
have failed to agree on compensation for damage caused by violent anti-Japan
riots across China
last month. But both sides agreed to keep up discussions.
Japanese Blame Chinese
Nationalism
(AP, Apr. 26, 2005) More
than half of Japanese polled in a weekend survey blamed Chinese nationalism
for the recent spate of anti-Japanese riots in China.
But 48 per cent said Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should stop
visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.
China Initiates 5 Proposals
on Ties with Japan
(People’s Daily, Apr. 24, 2005) Chinese President Hu Jintao said Japan
should seriously reflect over its wartime history and properly handle the
current difficult situation in the Sino-Japanese relations.
China Moves to Crack Down on
Protests Against Japan
(NYT, Apr. 23, 2005) China
made clear that it would tolerate no more anti-Japanese protests and urged
its citizens not to boycott Japanese products.
Chinese Official Orders End
to Anti-Japanese Demonstrations
(NYT, Apr. 20, 2005) China's
foreign minister called for an end to anti-Japanese protests, the first
signal that the leadership may no longer welcome the sometimes violent
demonstrations.
Japan, China Meet with
Relations in Free Fall
(Reuters, Apr. 18, 2005) Japan and China were headed into talks in Beijing
aimed at halting a free fall in ties after a third weekend of protest in
China against what many see as Japan's inability to face up to its wartime
past.
Japan Carries Protest to
China
(AP, Apr. 17, 2005) Japan's
foreign minister flew to Beijing carrying a
protest against violent anti-Japanese rallies, as Chinese police allowed new
demonstrations over Tokyo's
wartime past.
China Calls Japan Gas
Drilling Plan 'Provocation'
(Reuters, Apr. 14, 2005) China
reacted angrily to Japan's
plan to allow gas exploration in disputed waters, calling it a ''serious
provocation'' at a time when ties are at their worst in decades.
Japan Snubs China on Gas
Rights, History Feud Simmers
(Reuters, Apr. 13, 2005) Japan
has begun allocating rights for gas exploration in a disputed area of the
East China Sea to private firms, a move likely to rile China.
China Blames Japan for
Tensions
(CNN.com, Apr. 11, 2005) China
says Japan
is responsible for escalating tensions between the two former rivals after a
weekend where tens of thousands of angry Chinese took to the streets.
Tokyo Protests Anti-Japan
Rallies in China
(NYT, Apr. 11, 2005) Japan lodged a formal protest against China after
violent anti-Japanese demonstrations in Beijing, even as marches in front of
Japanese government offices and businesses widened to southern China.
Anti-Japan Protesters March
in Beijing
(Reuters, Apr. 9, 2005) Chinese protesters chanted slogans and burned
Japanese flags as more than 1,000 turned out in the capital to demand a
boycott of Japanese goods over Tokyo's
refusal to admit to World War II atrocities.
Japan Attacks China
'Patriotism'
(BBC, Apr. 6, 2005) Japan
has called on China
to control anti-Japanese protests, in the wake of a row over new Japanese
school books.
China Urges Japan to Do More
to Improve Ties
(AP, Mar. 14, 2005) Japan
should take the opportunity to improve its troubled relations with China,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said, while warning Tokyo
against interfering in Beijing's relations with Taiwan.
Japan Dismisses Chinese
Worries on Taiwan Military Pact with US (AFP, Mar. 7, 2005)
Japan dismissed a warning by China that increasing US-Japan military
cooperation must not encompass Beijing's arch-rival Taiwan.
China Warns US-Japan
Military Cooperation Should Not Include Taiwan (AP, Mar. 6, 2004)
China's foreign minister warned Japan and the United States not to include
Taiwan within the scope of their military alliance, saying Beijing would not
permit interference in what it considers an internal matter.
Koizumi Denies New Friction
with Beijing
(Reuters, Feb. 22, 2005) Japan
said it had no intention of creating friction in its relations with China
following Beijing's protest over a Japan-United
States declaration which described Taiwan
as a common security issue.
China Protests U.S.-Japan
Accord
(WP, Feb. 21, 2005) China
issued a stiff protest over an updated U.S.-Japanese strategic agreement,
saying its reference to Taiwan
violates China's national
sovereignty and its criticism of China's
military buildup is "untenable."
U.S., Japan Worry over
N.Korea Nukes, China-Taiwan
(Reuters, Feb. 20, 2005) Japan and the United States used cautious language
stating they shared a goal to "encourage the peaceful resolution of
issues concerning the Taiwan Strait through dialogue."
Beijing Opposes US-Japan
Statement on Taiwan
(China Daily, Feb. 20, 2005) Chinese Government and people resolutely opposes
the United States and Japan
in issuing any bilateral document concerning China's
Taiwan, which meddles the
internal affairs of China,
and hurts China's
sovereignty, China's
foreign ministry said.
Taiwan Welcomes U.S.-Japan
Cross-Strait Policy
(China Post, Feb. 19, 2005) Taiwan
welcomed news that the United States
and Japan will declare on
Saturday for the first time in a joint agreement that Taiwan
is a mutual security concern.
Japan to Join U.S. Policy on
Taiwan
(WP, Feb. 18, 2005) The United States and Japan
will declare Saturday for the first time in a joint agreement that Taiwan
is a mutual security concern, according to a draft of the document.
Tokyo Seeks Talks on Aid
Cuts to China
(Reuters, Feb. 14, 2005) Japan
plans to draw up a 'road map' with China
that would outline a process for gradual cuts in official development
assistance to the country, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
Tokyo Seeks Talks on Aid
Cuts to China
(Reuters, Feb. 14, 2005) Japan
plans to draw up a 'road map' with China
that would outline a process for gradual cuts in official development assistance
to the country, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
China Slams Japanese
'Violation of Sovereignty' in Lighthouse Row (AFP, Feb. 12, 2005) China
has ratcheted up its rhetoric over a move by Japan
on a group of disputed islands, slamming it as a "provocation" and
a "violation of Chinese territorial sovereignty".
Japan
Takes over Lighthouse on Island Claimed by China, Taiwan (AFP, Feb. 10, 2005) Japan
said it had placed under state control a lighthouse built by nationalists on
a disputed island in the East China Sea despite rival claims by China
and Taiwan.
Japan Surplus Ends 2004 with
China as Largest Partner
(Financial Times, January 26, 2005) China surpassed the US to become Japan’s
biggest trading partner last year, underlining the importance of the Chinese
economy to Japan’s faltering recovery.
Japan moves to drill in East
China Sea
(Japan Times, Jan. 17, 2005) Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. and Teikoku Oil
Co. are in talks with the government on their plans to drill for natural gas
in the East China Sea near areas claimed by both Japan
and China.
Testing Times for Japan,
China
By Brad Glosserman
(Japan Times, Dec. 31, 2005)
The readiness of a Japanese Cabinet official, and a foreign minister no less,
to publicly acknowledge and criticize China's
military buildup marks a profound departure from past practice.
Nationalism
Drives China, Japan Apart By
Robert
Marquand
(Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 29, 2005) The
growing trade between Japan
and China
in 2005 has been matched by rising symbolic and verbal provocations and a
steady decline in public opinion and diplomatic ties.
Letter
from China: Japan and China Take a Collision Course By Howard W. French (IHT,
Dec. 29, 2005) There are two trains running in East Asia. Each of these
locomotives heeds only its own signal, and the danger grows by the season
that, if there is no coordination, a huge wreck might one day ensue.
Remembering the War-Japanese
Style By Kiichi Fujiwara
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Dec. 2005) After the war, in Japan,
virtually all war remembrance was directed toward the memory of the suffering
of civilian Japanese. Japanese war memories run as a narrative of a victimized
nation.
Japan - China Caught in
Spotlight at East Asia Talks
(Reuters, Dec. 13, 2005) A long-standing feud between Japan
and China
caught the spotlight on the eve of the first East Asian summit, rekindling
concerns that the bad blood could thwart progress of the new grouping.
Why Japan Keeps Provoking
China By Jim Frederick
(TIME, Dec. 10, 2005) Beijing's growing regional
power has spurred a rightward political shift in Tokyo. Not surprisingly, most
Japanese are reluctant to acknowledge that nationalism is on the rise
Yasukuni Shrine: Time to
Make a Deal By Ralph
A. Cossa
(PacNet #53, Pacific Forum, CSIS, Dec. 6, 2005) Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi remains in denial over the negative impact his continued
visits to the Yasukuni Shrine are having on Japanese and U.S. national
security interests.
The China-Japan Challenge
(Editorial, Boston Globe, Dec. 5, 2005) It is not easy these days to picture
the United States in the
role of relationship therapist, patiently repairing the dangerous rift that
has been growing between China
and Japan.
But that is exactly what those two major Asian powers need.
The Youthful Face of
Japanese Nationalism By Kenta
Tanimichi
(Far Eastern Economic Review, November 2005) A majority of Japanese don’t
really care that visits to Yasukuni Shrine by their political leaders offend China,
or indeed any other foreign country. At least that is what can be gleaned
from the results of polls.
China and Japan in Mekong
Tug-of-War By Hisane Masaki
(Straits Times, Nov. 24, 2005) Rivalry between Japan
and China over the
development of the Mekong River
basin is intensifying as Tokyo
tries to regain some ground lost in recent years to Beijing.
As China Rises, So Does
Japanese Nationalism By Martin
Jacques
(The Guardian, Nov. 17, 2005) Japan is stuck in its
past, and its refusal to come to terms with it threatens to define its future
and that of the whole of east Asia.
Japan's Major Step Towards
'Normality' By James
Auer
(Straits Times, Nov. 8, 2005) To understand the rationale behind the Oct 29
security agreement between Japan
and the United States,
one needs to return to history. Doing so allows one to see how recent
developments simply bring Japan
nearer to a state of normality in its security arrangements.
Avoid Wishful Thinking on
Japan By Tsai Zheng-jia
(Taipei Times, Nov. 7, 2005) The process of Japan's
normalization will certainly raise doubts in China,
but that does not necessarily mean that Taiwan
and Japan
will get closer.
New Cabinet, Old Agenda By Kwan Weng Kin
(Straits Times, Nov. 2, 2005) Japan's new Cabinet line-up makes it clear that
in the 11 months left of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's tenure, there
will be more of the same - more reforms, closer ties with the United States
and more bickering with China and South Korea.
Economic Ties Binding Japan
to Rival China By Howard W.
French and Norimitsu Onishi (New York
Times, Oct. 31, 2005) At a time of rising political tensions, China
and Japan
are more intertwined economically than they have ever been. In their breadth
and intensity, the ties have begun to surpass those between the United
States and Japan.
A Very Lonely Japan By Christian Caryl
(Newsweek International, Oct. 31, 2005) The country's inability to come to
grips with its past has long infuriated the region. But now it's starting to
threaten Tokyo's
once unquestioned influence.
Japanese Feel War Apologies
Enough
(Agence France Presse, Oct. 28, 2005) Almost two-thirds of Japanese believe
their leaders have apologised enough to China
and South Korea
for the nation's past military aggression, a poll showed.
China-Japan Rift Hurts
America, Too By Michael
Vatikiotis (International
Herald Tribune, Oct. 20, 2005) Competition between Asia's
two largest powers is bad for regional security. If America
truly wishes to act as a bulwark for security in Asia, it would do well to
focus on helping to mend relations between China
and Japan.
Japan-China Friction to Keep
Shaking Asia: Analysts
(AFP, Oct. 19, 2005) With China growing in stature on the world stage,
diplomatic friction between Tokyo and Beijing
is likely to continue as the two powers vie for regional leadership and clash
over war-time memories, analysts say.
Bigger Role for Japan's
Military
(Agence France Presse, Oct. 7, 2005) Japan may send military planes and ships
to help in the US-led war on terror and reconstruction missions. Such a move
would be a new step away from Tokyo's
post-World War II pacifism.
Japan's Rivalry With China
Is Stirring a Crowded Sea By Norimitsu
Onishi and Howard W. French (New York
Times, Sep. 11, 2005) In a muscular display of its rising military and
economic might, China deployed a fleet of five warships on Friday near a gas
field in the East China Sea, a potentially resource-rich area that is
disputed by China and Japan.
Why Japan Seems Content to
Be Run by One Party By Norimitsu
Onishi (New York
Times, Sep. 7, 2005) The Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan
nearly continuously for half a century, appears headed for another victory in
the general election on Sunday - a big one, if polls are correct.
The Japan-China-U.S. Club By Ling Xingguang
(Japan Times, Sep. 6, 2005) Since the beginning of the year, relations
between the United States
and China have become
sharply strained while those between Japan
and China
have markedly deteriorated.
Japan and China Jockey for
Influence in S-E Asia
(Straits Times, Aug. 17, 2005) When Myanmar upgraded its national phone
systems from analog to digital recently, it made a significant switch from
Japanese to Chinese technology.
China, Japan Mark End of
WWII Amid Rising Ill-Will
(Straits Times, Aug. 15, 2005) China
and Japan
mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II today with solemn
ceremonies and reminders aplenty of a rising tide of ill-will rooted in
historical enmity and modern rivalry.
Sayonara to Japanese
Pacifism? By Ayako Doi and Kim
Willenson
(Washington Post, Aug. 14, 2005) The emergence of
a Japanese will to get back into the military game, even in a carefully nonviolent
way, has stirred fears in Beijing, Seoul and Pyongyang.
It's Time China and Japan
Started to Get Along By Jing-dong Yuan (International Herald Tribune, Aug.
13, 2005) Relations between China
and Japan
are at a crossroads. Returning the bilateral relationship to a positive
trajectory is the greatest challenge now facing Beijing
and Tokyo.
Japan Bares Its Sword By Suvendrini
Kakuchi
(Asia Times, Aug. 5, 2005) Given a rapidly changing Asian security scenario
wherein China and India loom large as future military powers, Japan has seen
fit to take the first steps to carve out a more active role in international
defense.
Ill Will Rising Between
China and Japan
(New York Times, Aug. 3, 2005) Japanese lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a
resolution that plays down this country's militarist policies in World War
II. The
action will most likely be seen by China
and Japan's
other Asian neighbors as further proof of growing nationalism here.
Japan Seeks Its
Constitutional Soul By Haruko
Satoh
(Far Eastern Economic Review, July/August 2005) The constitution has never been
fully implemented due to obstruction at the hands of conservative politicians
and bureaucrats during the Cold War.
Japan and China Dispute a
Pacific Islet By Norimitsu
Onishi
(New York Times, July 10, 2005) The smaller of the two is roughly the size of
a twin bed and pokes only 2.9 inches out of the ocean. The larger, as big as
a small bedroom perhaps, manages to rise up 6.3 inches.
Japan Defense Plans Critical
to Taiwan's Security
(Editorial, Taiwan News, July 8, 2005) The contents of a new white paper by
the official Japan defense Agency that devotes considerably more attention to
the potential threat from China has major significance for Taiwan's own
security.
China's Economic Brawn Unsettles Japanese By James
Brooke (New York Times, June 27, 2005) The
reaction in Japan to the
swelling economic muscle of China
provides an early warning sign of the mixed emotions that China
evokes as it rises on the global stage.
Sino-Japan Row a Latent
Threat to Regional Stability
(Straits Times, June 25, 2005) Sino-Japanese tension has emerged as the
biggest wild card in regional stability, says an American scholar, warning that
the emotional issue has to be managed more carefully.
Talks
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