Senkaku or Diaoyu in the East China Sea?

[ICanSleepWhenI'mDead]

Saber-rattling that may have more to do with past problems, but still merits watching:

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-23/abe-comparing-china-to-pre-world-war-one-germany-fuels-tensions.html

 

Japan under Abe has also increased military spending as he seeks to loosen restrictions on Japan's Self-Defense Forces imposed by the country's pacifist constitution.

 

 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/47292bc6-851a-11e3-86f7-00144feab7de.html#axzz2rfiPRX6a

 

The head of China's biggest bank described Japan as the Nazi in Asia during the second world war and said it depends on Japan entirely whether the current diplomatic stand-off deteriorates into armed conflict . . .

 

Here's a timeline of recent events:

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101343570

 

that concludes with this gem:

 

January 19: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party removes no-war pledge, media report.

Edited January 29, 2014 by ICanSleepWhenI'mDead

[drinkTHEkoolaid]

There is a lot going on in that area. Between the Korean peninsula and China and Japan sabre rattling in the east china sea