Chinese Plane Threatens Japan in Game of Thrones Escalation

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Via Meadia:

12/14/12

 

For the first time in more than five decades, a Chinese plane has entered Japanese airspace near the disputed Senkaku Islands, the *FT reports:

 

Tokyo scrambled fighters and made a formal diplomatic protest after a Chinese maritime surveillance aeroplane was spotted in the territorial air space of the remote and uninhabited islands. . . .

 

The use of an aircraft to accompany the ships is sure to fuel calls in Japan for more assertive action against China and for the strengthening of coastguard and naval forces in the area.

 

Japan’s most likely next prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is a nationalist and China hawk. His reascension portends rising tensions between China and Japan:

 

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WSJ Video: Military Base Planned for Tiny Japanese Island

A small island is on the frontlines of Japan's territorial dispute with China. A new army base is planned for Yonaguni, 80 miles from the contested islands in the East China Sea. WSJ's Yuka Hayashi reports.

 

 

 

 

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