Monday, July 30, 2012

NEWS FLASH:

JAPAN PREPARES TO BEEF UP MARITIME DEFENSES AGAINST CHINA:
SOURCE : WALL STREET JOURNAL

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
ASIA NEWS
 
By YUKA HAYASHI
July 30, 2012
 
TOKYO—As a territorial dispute strains bilateral relations between Japan and China, Tokyo Tuesday criticized Beijing's expansionary maritime strategies, and called for beefed up surveillance and defense capabilities around remote islands in contested waters.

In the latest edition of its annual Defense White Paper, the Japanese government said for the first time that the relationship between Beijing's political elite and its military leadership has been growing complex and that "the degree of military influence on foreign-policy decision has been changing." That, in turn, creates challenges for Japan's crisis management, the defense ministry said.

The 482-page document was released weeks after bilateral tensions flared up with a confrontation between patrol vessels from the two nations in the waters near a chain of disputed East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
 

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