Japan may send SDF to Senkakus

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Noda says Japan may send SDF to Senkakus

Jiji Press

Japan may send Self-Defense Forces to the Senkaku Islands if a neighboring nation engages in illegal acts within territorial waters around the islets, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Thursday.

"The government will respond in a resolute manner, including use of the SDF, if an unlawful act involving any neighbor state takes place in Japanese territory or waters, including the Senkaku Islands," Noda told a House of Representatives plenary meeting.

Given the historic and legal standpoints, "there is no doubt that the Senkaku Islands are Japan's inherent territory," Noda stressed, adding that the nation effectively controls the islets.

Japan will patrol the islands and waters around them by utilizing all relevant government agencies, he said.

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Fujimura waters down remark

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura on Friday tried to play down Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's remark that Japan may send Self-Defense Force personnel to the Senkaku Islands in an effort to cope with illegal activities by neighboring countries.

At a press conference, Fujimura said, "In my understanding, the prime minister only referred to a theoretical possibility," brushing off views that Noda's comment was intended as a warning to China, which has been expanding its maritime activities.

(Jul. 28, 2012)

Noda says Japan may send SDF to Senkakus : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)


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SDF to defend Senkakus if necessary: Morimoto
Kyodo, Jiji
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto indicated Friday that if necessary the Self-Defense Forces can be mobilized to defend the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

Commenting on repeated incursions by Chinese ships into Japanese territorial waters around the islands in the East China Sea, Morimoto told a news conference, "Action by the SDF is secured by law in cases where the Japan Coast Guard or police cannot respond."

Morimoto also said sending the SDF to the uninhabited isles would be "a reasonable measure" under the country's legal framework.

During a Diet session Thursday, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said that "if illegal activities occur inside our nation's lands or waters, including the Senkaku Islands, the government as a whole will make resolute responses, including using the SDF if necessary."

Under law, the coast guard and police usually respond to incursions into Japanese territory. If they can't adequately respond themselves, however, the SDF may be mobilized.

Meanwhile, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura tried Friday to water down Noda's remark. "I understand the prime minister only referred to a theoretical possibility," he told reporters, brushing aside the view that Noda's remark was a warning to China over what is seen as its increasing sea provocations.

Concerns over Beijing's growing assertiveness in the East China Sea have been intensifying since a clash in 2010 between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler near the Senkakus.

SDF to defend Senkakus if necessary: Morimoto | The Japan Times Online

 

[HongWu]

China already conducted live-fire missile drills around Diaoyu Island this month. We are fully prepared for Japan. As soon as they land, we declare the whole Diaoyu Island our target zone for another live-fire missile and bombing drill. It will be satisfying to see the Japanese bleed on this rock. The more troops they land the better.

China's advanced Qing class submarines, new Type 056 corvettes, Type 022 FAC, maritime patrol AWACS and J-10 squadrons already guarantee that we are unbeatable within 400 kilometers from our coastline.

 

[dunhill]

China already conducted live-fire missile drills around Diaoyu Island this month. We are fully prepared for Japan. As soon as they land, we declare the whole Diaoyu Island our target zone for another live-fire missile and bombing drill. It will be satisfying to see the Japanese bleed on this rock.

Wow? That's rock? When it will happens?

I just don't want to see China Navy's ship got sink again like its was before by Japanese. (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895 Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan)

 

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Ex-diplomat urges Japan envoy to China to resign over Senkaku comments
TOKYO, Aug. 2, Kyodo

A former Japanese ambassador to France has taken the rare step of urging Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa to resign following comments by the envoy in which he expressed opposition to the Tokyo governor's plan for the metropolitan government to purchase parts of the disputed Senkaku Islands.

"Ambassador Niwa is not the right person for the job in the current situation of strained Japan-China relations," said Hiroshi Hirabayashi, now vice president of the Japan Forum on International Relations, in an opinion piece posted on the research institute's website late last month.

Pressure has been building for Japan's first ambassador to China selected from the private sector to step down since his remarks in the Financial Times caused uproar among both ruling and opposition lawmakers who felt Niwa had damaged national interests with regard to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are claimed by China and Taiwan

Ex-diplomat urges Japan envoy to China to resign over Senkaku comments | Kyodo News

 

[PakShah]

Continue your furious masturbation. I know you enjoyed the way the Japanese, French and Americans abused you after Qing dynasty became too weak to continue to enslave you.

Viets -- little people with dirty desires and big mouth

@HongWu and Chinese members: Could you please explain the Chinese position and the history of the territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyutai/Diaoyu islands.

It seems the Russia and Japan have a territorial dispute over some of the Kuril islands.

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

I am surprised that Islands of the Senkaku Islands are owned by some Japanese people, not Japan... !?

 

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US to deploy drones over Diaoyutais
Wed, Aug 08, 2012

‘STRONG MESSAGE’:A Japanese defense expert said this was an important step for the alliance’s cooperation and signaled to Beijing that the US stands firmly with Tokyo

US to deploy drones over Diaoyutais - Taipei Times

 

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U.S. Defense Chief to Visit Japan Next Week

Washington, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta plans to visit Japan for talks with Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto on Monday, informed sources said Wednesday.
Before visiting China next week, Panetta is hoping to discuss with Morimoto escalating tensions between Japan and China in the wake of the Japanese government's nationalization of the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, the sources said.
Another issue to be taken up at the meeting would be the planned deployment of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Okinawa Prefecture, according to the sources.
Panetta is expected to reaffirm the safety of the tilt-rotor plane and ask for Japan's support for full-fledged Osprey operations at the Futenma base, while Morimoto would call for U.S. cooperation for helping Japan-U.S. joint committee members draw up measures to ensure safe Osprey operations as soon as possible, the sources said.
Panetta is also planning to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba, the sources added.
(2012/09/13-09:05)

U.S. Defense Chief to Visit Japan Next Week - JIJI PRESS

 

[Fanling Monk]

Coast Guard holds drill near Diaoyutais


Taiwan's Coast Guard yesterday dispatched two vessels to waters near the Diaoyutais as part of a public drill to demonstrate its procedures for escorting Taiwanese fishing boats operating in the disputed area, a rare move to assert the country's sovereignty over the disputed island group amid escalating tensions.

With dozens of reporters and representatives of local fishery associations onboard, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has sent the 2,000-ton Ho Hsing vessel (和星&#33382 to the area to observe a duty changeover between the 500-ton Lienchiang (連江&#33382 and the 600-ton Hualien (花蓮&#33382 patrol boats.

Coast Guardsmen on the two patrol vessels also conducted drills with the 20 mm cannons deployed on the ships, which are the main weapons onboard the Taiwanese vessels.

CGA Minister Wang Ginn-wang (王進&#26106 told media yesterday that his administration will dispatch vessels to patrol the area frequently, and the patrol service will be conducted on a daily basis during the fishing season.

“Our Coast Guard patrol vessels will follow wherever fishing boats go,” he noted.

CGA officials said Taiwan currently conducts patrol operations on Taiwan's side of the temporary law enforcement line with Japan near the Diaoyutais around the clock, and that “onsite changeovers” can help shorten response times in the event that any actions are necessary.

But if Taiwanese fishermen operate outside Taiwan's side of the enforcement line and enter waters claimed by Japan, the CGA will not dispatch vessels to protect them, in order to avoid conflict. Instead they will offer diplomatic assistance to fishermen when needed, the CGA said.

At present, the CGA has 161 ships and is expected to expand its fleet to 173 vessels by 2015.

The CGA's move followed the Japanese government's approval to nationalize three islets of the island group a day earlier. Japan's decision infuriated Taiwan and China, which both claim sovereignty over the archipelago.

Coast Guard holds drill near Diaoyutais - The China Post




Ma Ying-jeou: no compromise on Diaoyu Islands sovereignty


TAIPEI, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou Thursday said Taiwan will make no compromises regarding the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands.

"We will never compromise on it," Ma said while addressing an academic symposium in Taipei.

If the concerned parties agree to shelve their differences and focus on fishing resource negotiations, it will be conducive to regional peace, Ma said.

Taiwan has strongly protested Japan's recent move to purchase part of the Diaoyu Islands.

Ma Ying-jeou: no compromise on Diaoyu Islands sovereignty - Xinhua | English.news.cn





Chinese envoy files Diaoyu Islands baseline announcement with UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's permanent representative to the United Nations Li Baodong on Thursday met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and filed a copy of the Chinese government's Diaoyu Islands baseline announcement with the United Nations.

China has now fulfilled all the obligations as stipulated in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and has completed the whole legal process regarding the announcement of the base points and baselines of the territorial waters of Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets.

Under article 16 of UNCLOS, coastal states are required to deposit with the UN chief charts showing straight baselines and archipelagic baselines as well as lists of geographical coordinates.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement on Monday after the Japanese government decided to "buy" part of China's Diaoyu Islands at a cabinet meeting.

In a move to demonstrate China's sovereignty over these islets, the Chinese government on Monday announced the base points and baselines of the territorial waters of Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets in accordance with its law on territorial seas and adjacent zones.

UNCLOS, dubbed as the Law of the Sea treaty, is an international agreement that resulted from the third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea.

The Convention defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans, and establishes guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.

Chinese envoy files Diaoyu Islands baseline announcement with UN - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[Fanling Monk]

Six China ships near disputed isles

Six Chinese government ships sailed into waters around disputed islands claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo early Friday, the Japanese coastguard said, adding it had issued warnings telling them to leave.

This file aerial shot, taken in 2010, shows the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Six Chinese government ships sailed into waters around the disputed islands early Friday, the Japanese coastguard said, adding it had issued warnings telling them to leave.

The arrival came just days after the Japanese government completed its planned nationalisation of the islands, which it administers and knows as Senkaku, but which China claims as Diaoyu.

"Our patrol vessels are currently telling them to leave our country's territorial waters," the coastguard said in a statement.

Under international law, territorial waters extend up to 12 nautical miles from the coast of a landmass.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda vowed to maintain utmost vigilance after the coast guard said that two Chinese maritime survey ships entered Japanese waters around 6:18 am (2118 GMT Thursday).

They were followed by a group of four other ships that sailed into the waters claimed by Japan, shortly after 7:00 am, the coastguard said.

The first two ships left the waters around 7:48 am, the coastguard added.

In a dispatch from Beijing, China's state Xinhua news agency said: "Two Chinese surveillance ship fleets have arrived in waters around Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands Friday and started patrol and law enforcement there."

The disputed archipelago in the East China Sea is around 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Naha, the main city of Okinawa, and 200 kilometres from Taiwan.

Six China ships near disputed isles | Bangkok Post: news


It seems it's getting more serious than anyone might have though. I think there is no way China will or can back out from this confrontation so it's Japan's call. Soon or later China and Taiwan will have to sit down and 'shake hands' as my Vietnamese friends here always say.




(My suggestion to the mods make Diaoyu/Diaoyutais/Senkaku sticky because it's on going and is going to last for a while).

 

[terranMarine]

It's certainly getting serious here. Japan is playing with fire and China must not tolerate this kind of behavior. Now that Taiwan has raised their voices on this matter and started making a move we can predict for a possible military cooperation between China and Taiwan. If Japan continues to be stubborn and keep antagonizing China they better be prepared for the consequences. Serious warnings have already been issued and with Taiwan joining in the pressure keeps on building towards Japan.

 

[Huan]

What happens if Japan ends up sinking some Taiwanese ships near the Diaoyu Islands. Are all bets off? Will Beijing finally throw down its gloves and take serious military action?

 

[PakShah]

Well, I guess this is it. Then isn't it. There is going to be a war maybe? Since people are saying tensions are mounting.

Well, this is China's chance to get justice for all the cruelty done by the Japanese for past 100-140 years.

Probably Russia might join in the fun to slap Japan also. Taiwan also is interested. South Korea and USA will just keep out of it, its not worth it for them to get involved.

 

[p3avi8tor69]

What happens if Japan ends up sinking some Taiwanese ships near the Diaoyu Islands. Are all bets off? Will Beijing finally throw down its gloves and take serious military action?

She will issue a ton of warnings as usual and the PLA will publish statements like " we are resolute in our defence of blah blah blah" and the bots and the fanboys will hit the internet with chest thumping post along with pictures of tanks, ships, missiles, rockets etc etc.

 

[sicsheep]

She will issue a ton of warnings as usual and the PLA will publish statements like " we are resolute in our defence of blah blah blah" and the bots and the fanboys will hit the internet with chest thumping post along with pictures of tanks, ships, missiles, rockets etc etc.

hahaha, I think if you read the OP you'd know it's the Japanese says they are ready to send in their JDSF, our ships are there, WHERE ARE THEY??? OHHH!!!!