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Japan says China has become 'serious problem' to security
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 15 April 2005 1030 hrs
TOKYO : Japan said Friday that China had become a "serious problem" to its security through its energy development in disputed waters, although it stressed that the Asian giants should seek stable relations.
Japan's annual book on diplomacy, which coincided with a sharp rise in tensions between the countries, cited China's energy development in the East China Sea and last year's incursion of a Chinese nuclear submarine in the area.
"A serious problem impeding Japan's security and sovereign rights emerged" from China's actions, the foreign ministry book said.
But the report also said the both countries should mend fences.
"Stable Japan-China relations are indispensable for the peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region," said the book, which is released each year to look back on developments in Japan's foreign relations.
Last November, Japan protested to China after the submarine spent about two hours near the contested gas field before zigzagging toward Chinese waters in a two-day chase by Japanese destroyers and a patrol plane.
Japan on Wednesday ended decades of hesitation and said it would let its companies drill for oil and gas in the disputed area. Beijing, which began drilling in 2003, called the move a "provocation".
China last weekend saw some of its biggest demonstrations in years, as protesters pelted the Japanese embassy with bottles and cans and accused Japan of not atoning for its bloody 1931-1945 occupation of the country.
China's anti-Japanese websites and Internet forums have called for a second wave of rallies against Japan this weekend.
The diplomacy report came two days ahead of Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura's trip to Beijing, where he is due to tell the Chinese government to halt alleged official approval of the anti-Japanese demonstrations. - AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/142727/1/.html
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We Have No Reason to Apologize, China Tells Japan
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:52 AM ET
By John Ruwitch and Linda Sieg
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China told Japan bluntly Sunday it had no reason to apologize after weeks of anti-Japanese protests, some violent, in cities across China.
The Chinese are furious at a revised Japanese school textbook they say whitewashes atrocities during Japan's 1931-45 occupation of China. They also strongly oppose Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat alongside Beijing on the U.N. Security Council.
China denies tacitly encouraging the anti-Japanese unrest and has pledged to protect Japanese businesses and nationals.
"The Chinese government has never done anything for which it has to apologize to the Japanese people," Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told his visiting Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, at a meeting.
"The main problem now is that the Japanese government has done a series of things that have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people ... especially in its treatment of history."
Machimura flew to China Sunday to try to heal relations between the two Asian powerhouses which are at their worst in decades. He demanded China deal with the protests swiftly even as they spread from Shanghai Saturday to cities across the country Sunday.
Japan is asking for compensation for attacks on Japanese property in China and an official apology, but Li did not offer either, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima told reporters.
Machimura said it was unfortunate that China refused to apologize, Kyodo news agency said.
"China's top leaders seem not to understand the huge shock that the Japanese public has felt over this issue," he was quoted as telling reporters after the talks. "I found the response very unfortunate."
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Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 15 April 2005 1030 hrs
TOKYO : Japan said Friday that China had become a "serious problem" to its security through its energy development in disputed waters, although it stressed that the Asian giants should seek stable relations.
Japan's annual book on diplomacy, which coincided with a sharp rise in tensions between the countries, cited China's energy development in the East China Sea and last year's incursion of a Chinese nuclear submarine in the area.
"A serious problem impeding Japan's security and sovereign rights emerged" from China's actions, the foreign ministry book said.
But the report also said the both countries should mend fences.
"Stable Japan-China relations are indispensable for the peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region," said the book, which is released each year to look back on developments in Japan's foreign relations.
Last November, Japan protested to China after the submarine spent about two hours near the contested gas field before zigzagging toward Chinese waters in a two-day chase by Japanese destroyers and a patrol plane.
Japan on Wednesday ended decades of hesitation and said it would let its companies drill for oil and gas in the disputed area. Beijing, which began drilling in 2003, called the move a "provocation".
China last weekend saw some of its biggest demonstrations in years, as protesters pelted the Japanese embassy with bottles and cans and accused Japan of not atoning for its bloody 1931-1945 occupation of the country.
China's anti-Japanese websites and Internet forums have called for a second wave of rallies against Japan this weekend.
The diplomacy report came two days ahead of Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura's trip to Beijing, where he is due to tell the Chinese government to halt alleged official approval of the anti-Japanese demonstrations. - AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/142727/1/.html
Here is another article with news about this:
We Have No Reason to Apologize, China Tells Japan
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:52 AM ET
By John Ruwitch and Linda Sieg
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China told Japan bluntly Sunday it had no reason to apologize after weeks of anti-Japanese protests, some violent, in cities across China.
The Chinese are furious at a revised Japanese school textbook they say whitewashes atrocities during Japan's 1931-45 occupation of China. They also strongly oppose Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat alongside Beijing on the U.N. Security Council.
China denies tacitly encouraging the anti-Japanese unrest and has pledged to protect Japanese businesses and nationals.
"The Chinese government has never done anything for which it has to apologize to the Japanese people," Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told his visiting Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, at a meeting.
"The main problem now is that the Japanese government has done a series of things that have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people ... especially in its treatment of history."
Machimura flew to China Sunday to try to heal relations between the two Asian powerhouses which are at their worst in decades. He demanded China deal with the protests swiftly even as they spread from Shanghai Saturday to cities across the country Sunday.
Japan is asking for compensation for attacks on Japanese property in China and an official apology, but Li did not offer either, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima told reporters.
Machimura said it was unfortunate that China refused to apologize, Kyodo news agency said.
"China's top leaders seem not to understand the huge shock that the Japanese public has felt over this issue," he was quoted as telling reporters after the talks. "I found the response very unfortunate."
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