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John Titor's Legacy
Will this lead to John Titor's forecast that Japan was "forcefully annexed" before N Day?
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 62718" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><em><span style="font-size: 18px">There is still an ongoing feud between Japan and China over the Islands, among other matters. Here's the latest...</span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/disputed-islands-are-japans-new-pm/story-e6frf7k6-1226538004470" target="_blank">New Japanese Prime Minister says Disputed Islands are Japan's</a></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc"><strong>SHINZO Abe, the man set to become Japan's next prime minister, has wasted no time after his election victory in staking Tokyo's claim on islands at the centre of a dispute with China. </strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">December 17, 2012 - In one of his first broadcast interviews after the result, the hawkish Abe, of the winning Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said Beijing had to make more effort to get along with Japan.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"Japan and China need to share the recognition that having good relations is in the national interests of both countries," he said. "China lacks this recognition a little bit. I want them to think anew about mutually beneficial strategic relations."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Tokyo and Beijing have been at loggerheads for decades over the sovereignty of a small chain of islands in the East China Sea.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The dispute flared up badly in September after Tokyo nationalised islands that it calls the Senkakus, but China knows as the Diaoyus. Protests erupted across China and Japanese businesses suffered boycotts or attacks.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Chinese boats have plied waters near the chain most days since, and on Thursday Beijing sent a plane to overfly them. Japan scrambled fighter jets to head it off.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory," said Abe. "Our objective is to stop the challenge. We don't intend to worsen relations between Japan and China."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Abe has pushed an agenda that includes upgrading the country's "Self Defence Forces" to make them a full-scale military, and has spoken of wanting to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">He has pledged that he would not concede even "one millimetre" in the territorial row with China.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">But analysts say at least some of this could be posturing.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">China urged Japan's new leaders not to "pick fights" with neighbours.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The official news agency Xinhua noted Abe's "landslide" victory but said the incoming leadership must find a way to manage disputes with neighbours.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"Instead of pandering to domestic hawkish views and picking fights with its neighbours, the new Japanese leadership should take a more rational stand on foreign policy," it said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Abe said on Sunday that mending the relationship would be his top priority, and Washington would be his first port of call.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">He is also expected to face pressure from the Japanese corporate sector, a core supporter of the LDP, to mend ties with Japan's biggest trading partner and the main regional production hub.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The Chinese boycott of Japanese products, triggered by the island dispute, has cut into earnings for corporate titans such as Toyota and Panasonic. They and others in Japan Inc will be pushing for fences to be mended.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">But Abe said he was also keen on cultivating relations with other parts of the region.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"We also need to deepen ties with Asia. I want to build up ties with Asian nations including India and Australia. After enhancing our diplomacy, I want to improve relations with China."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 62718, member: 2770"] [I][SIZE=5]There is still an ongoing feud between Japan and China over the Islands, among other matters. Here's the latest...[/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=6][URL='http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/disputed-islands-are-japans-new-pm/story-e6frf7k6-1226538004470']New Japanese Prime Minister says Disputed Islands are Japan's[/URL][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ccffcc][B]SHINZO Abe, the man set to become Japan's next prime minister, has wasted no time after his election victory in staking Tokyo's claim on islands at the centre of a dispute with China. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]December 17, 2012 - In one of his first broadcast interviews after the result, the hawkish Abe, of the winning Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said Beijing had to make more effort to get along with Japan.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"Japan and China need to share the recognition that having good relations is in the national interests of both countries," he said. "China lacks this recognition a little bit. I want them to think anew about mutually beneficial strategic relations."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Tokyo and Beijing have been at loggerheads for decades over the sovereignty of a small chain of islands in the East China Sea.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The dispute flared up badly in September after Tokyo nationalised islands that it calls the Senkakus, but China knows as the Diaoyus. Protests erupted across China and Japanese businesses suffered boycotts or attacks.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Chinese boats have plied waters near the chain most days since, and on Thursday Beijing sent a plane to overfly them. Japan scrambled fighter jets to head it off.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory," said Abe. "Our objective is to stop the challenge. We don't intend to worsen relations between Japan and China."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Abe has pushed an agenda that includes upgrading the country's "Self Defence Forces" to make them a full-scale military, and has spoken of wanting to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]He has pledged that he would not concede even "one millimetre" in the territorial row with China.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]But analysts say at least some of this could be posturing.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]China urged Japan's new leaders not to "pick fights" with neighbours.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The official news agency Xinhua noted Abe's "landslide" victory but said the incoming leadership must find a way to manage disputes with neighbours.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"Instead of pandering to domestic hawkish views and picking fights with its neighbours, the new Japanese leadership should take a more rational stand on foreign policy," it said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Abe said on Sunday that mending the relationship would be his top priority, and Washington would be his first port of call.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]He is also expected to face pressure from the Japanese corporate sector, a core supporter of the LDP, to mend ties with Japan's biggest trading partner and the main regional production hub.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The Chinese boycott of Japanese products, triggered by the island dispute, has cut into earnings for corporate titans such as Toyota and Panasonic. They and others in Japan Inc will be pushing for fences to be mended.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]But Abe said he was also keen on cultivating relations with other parts of the region.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"We also need to deepen ties with Asia. I want to build up ties with Asian nations including India and Australia. After enhancing our diplomacy, I want to improve relations with China."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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