“Public confidence in China’s military is higher than ever. According to a public opinion poll, an overwhelming majority of Chinese citizens think the People’s Liberation Army is capable of facing and beating the United States if it comes to that…
“According to results of a public opinion poll released by the Japanese government, China’s military expansion and emphatic claims in various land and maritime border disputes with Japan are more of an immediate security threat to Japanese than disagreements with…
“Tokyo and Taipei have agreed to amend fishing regulations in a landmark pact covering waters off a cluster of Taiwan-claimed, Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday.”
“Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China over the launch of English and Japanese versions of a Chinese government website asserting Beijing’s claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
“The U.S. government believed the “comfort women” issue was behind South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s August 2012 visit to islets at the heart of a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, a U.S. document revealed on Tuesday.”
“About 100,000 school textbooks, divided into two volumes, have been printed and will be distributed in the schools. The textbooks contain detailed information about [Da Nang’s] seafaring history” as well as “Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the islands that are currently occupied by…
Or How Even Toilet Seats Get Dragged Into Politics… “The built-in bottom washers and pre-warmed seats of Japan’s luxury toilets faced a storm in a U-bend on Thursday as Chinese state-run media launched a thunderous tirade against them… There were calls…
“South Korea has published thousands of new brochures to promote its claim to a pair of islands disputed by Japan, for distribution at diplomatic missions and international schools next month, a move that could further sour ties between the US…
“Seoul on Sunday slammed the Japanese government’s dispatch of a high-level official to a local event designed to stress its claim to the Korean islets of Dokdo.”
“The [Japanese] government is sending a high-ranking official to the ceremony this Sunday commemorating the day of Japan’s incorporation of the Takeshima islets, despite the organizer’s request for a Cabinet member…”
“Japanese officials cried alarm on Sunday as Chinese patrol ships entered the waters of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, and Chinese officials vowed to increase their presence in the area.”
“Once a source of fortune for Japanese fishermen hunting sea lions and abalone, a pair of remote rocks is stopping the U.S.’ two biggest allies in Asia from getting along…”
Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the city-state of Singapore, pragmatically argues that “disputes can be set aside” in the region and that it is possible to “move on and try to keep the relationship on an even, practical and…
“’Dokdo Bread’ made by a baker in his 40’s is the talk of town in Pohang, a southeastern port city in South Korea. Kim Ki-seon, the baker, began baking the bread last year to protect Dokdo from Japan, after the news…
Op-Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis: “All in all, last year was a mixed bag when it came to assessing China’s relations with the rest of Asia, including in its own backyard of Hong Kong. What can be expected in 2015?”
“Japan recently published a Korean language translation of the 2014 defense White Paper referring to Dokdo (Takeshima in Japanese) as belonging to Japan, the South Korean government discovered.”
On Monday, Nov. 24, South Korea conducted its annual or biannual defensive military drill around the Dokdo/Takeshima islets, triggering diplomatic protests from Japan. Click here for Korea Times article announcing the drill: “Joint Drill Planned Near Dokdo” Click here for…
In response to two petitions, one urging and the other opposing U.S. pronouncement over option of taking island dispute between South Korea and Japan to the ICJ, the White House “reiterated that it does not take a position regarding the dispute” (Kyodo)
Article from Japan Times, November 11, 2014: “Japan maintains there is no territorial row over Senkakus”
Article from the New York Times, October 12, 2014: By Michael Fitzpatrick TOKYO — Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating…
This article in the Japan Daily Press looks how textbooks will likely change to reflect the Japanese government’s position on territorial disputes.
Click here to view the official White House transcript of the April 24th, 2014 Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Abe. In this press conference, the two leaders commented on the issue of disputed territory and President Obama…
Japan’s social studies textbooks to include disputed territories reports the Japan Daily Press
High school teaching manuals up for revision, to include Senkakus and Takeshima as Japanese territories – reports the Japan Daily Press