Sunday, October 27, 2013

Japan's PM warns China on use of force


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the 16th ASEAN-Japan
  summit on the sidelines of the 23rd summit  of the Association
 of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bandar Seri Begawan
 on October 9, 2013
AFP News – Oct 26,2013

Japan is ready to counter China if it resorts to force in the pursuit of its geopolitical interests, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview published Saturday.

"I've realized that Japan is expected to exert leadership not just on the economic front, but also in the field of security in the Asia-Pacific," Abe told the Wall Street Journal, speaking after a series of summits this month with regional leaders.

He said Japan had become too inward-looking over the past 15 years, but as it regains economic strength "we'd like to contribute more to making the world a better place."

The Journal said he made clear one way Japan would "contribute" would be countering China in Asia.

"There are concerns that China is attempting to change the status quo by force, rather than by rule of law. But if China opts to take that path, then it won't be able to emerge peacefully," Abe said.

"So it shouldn't take that path, and many nations expect Japan to strongly express that view. And they hope that as a result, China will take responsible action in the international community."


For more than a year, relations between Beijing and Tokyo have been chilled by a territorial dispute in the East China Sea where China claims a small, uninhabited archipelago administered by Japan under the name of Senkaku. Beijing calls it Diaoyu.

One of Abe's first decisions as prime minister has been to increase Japan's defense budget for the first time in 11 years.

Tokyo also plans to hold a large air and sea exercise in November to strengthen the island's defenses, and as a display of might intended for the Chinese.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

China only can do bad think to Cambodia but with Japan you better think twice. China have one carrier and want to spread the wing all over asia. If china want that go ahead make your day.

Anonymous said...

Let the two devils that support HUN SEN fight each other to the death.
JAPAN USED TO BE THE COUNTRY RESPECT DEMOCRACY BUT JAPAN NOW CLOSED EYES AND ENDORSED ILLIGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA. What a completely joke and shameful.

China is the wort than Japan. And Japan is self ego centrism country with wary thoughts.

Anonymous said...

Japan "we'd like to contribute more to making the world a better place."


=This is a very laughable statement! It is just a slogan...yes a better place for the Japanese not for non-Japanese..