Japan
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China Warns Japan to Stay out of South China Sea
China is “gravely concerned and indignant” over Japan’s plans to step patrols in the South China Sea. In a regular scheduled press conference on Friday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hong Lei, warned Japan to stay out of the South China Sea dispute. “The Chinese side is gravely concerned and indignant about the negative moves of […]
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Confrontation looms as two fortresses rise in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Defense Lines, Japan, Luzon Strait, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Taiawan Strait, Taiwan, USA, WarMANILA: — In just two years, China has poured billions of dollars into reclamation work and military structures on three reefs in the contested Spratlys, implying that it is there to stay. Recently it warned the United States not to attempt to stop the construction, or “there will be war”. China needs oil badly. Without […]
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China indignant over Japan’s South China Sea medling
BEIJING China — A Foreign Ministry spokesperson has urged Japan not to weigh into territorial disputes in the South China Sea, labelling Japan a “non-party” in the matter. Hong Lei made the comments at a media briefing on Friday responding to reporter’s question on Japan’s recent hyping up the South China Sea issue and Japanese […]
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China’s military buildup in the South China Sea is ‘beyond anything previously seen’
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, Australia, China, Diaoyu, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina’s rapid claim on contested islands in the South China Sea is beyond anything seen previously and raises legitimate questions about Beijing’s intentions in the region, the secretary of the Australian defence department, Dennis Richardson, said. Richardson told a Senate estimates committee on Monday that the military buildup on China’s reclamation program in the South […]
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EU, Japan say wary of unilateral actions in South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, EU, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA“We continue to observe the situation in the East and South China Sea and are concerned by any unilateral actions that change the status quo and increase tensions,” said the statement issued after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and other EU leaders. “We urge all parties … to […]
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EU chief slams China reclamations
BRUSSELS: European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday criticized “construction activities” in the South China Sea in reference to China’s land reclamations on submerged reefs, saying it would complicate the resolution of disputes. Speaking to reporters ahead of a Japan-EU summit in Tokyo on Friday, Tusk said the “European position is that all parties of […]
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Japan to join US, Australia war games amid growing China tensions
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, Australia, China, India, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USASYDNEY – Japan will join a major US-Australian military exercise for the first time in a sign of growing security links between the three countries as tensions fester over China’s island building in the South China Sea. While only 40 Japanese officers and soldiers will take part in drills involving 30,000 US and Australian troops […]
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China sends bombers on long-range test near Japan amid tensions over South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, East China Sea, Japan, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina’s air force sent a group of strategic bombers through the Miyako Strait south of Okinawa in a long-range drill for the first time yesterday as part of military exercises in the western Pacific. The manoeuvre came as US-based CNN reported that the Chinese navy repeatedly warned a US surveillance plane to leave airspace over […]
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US, China clash over disputed South China Sea
Artificial Islands, China, Japan, John Kerry, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamBEIJING (REUTERS) – The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea yesterday, as China’s foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is “as hard as a rock”. After a private meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry, China’s Foreign […]
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Thoughts on the Constitution / South China Sea developments ominous for Japan
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Diaoyu, Great Wall of Sand, Japan, Mutual Defense Treaty, Reclamation, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, USAThis is the second installment of a series that focuses on recent changes to Japan’s national security and the background of the government’s intentions. “Gray-zone situations” are states of increased military tension that do not involve actual armed attacks on Japan. The security-related bills that have been submitted to the Diet would enable the Self-Defense […]