http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/faculty/hsiung/sea_power.pdf
if you think resource war does not result in real war and slaughter why u have warships up there?
" China deployed a fleet of five warships ... near a gas field in the East China Sea, a potentially resource-rich area that is disputed by China and Japan. The ships, including a guided-missile
destroyer, were spotted by a Japanese military patrol plane near the Chunxiao gas field, according to the [Japan] Maritime Self-Defense Forces.48 Another press report stated:
China said on Sept. 29 [of 2005 that] it has sent warships to the disputed East China Sea, a day ahead of talks with Japan over competing territorial claims in the gas-rich waters "
Also dont forget japan is an ally of USA unlike in old times