Effects from this dispute
The dispute that happened between China and Japan regarding Senkaku island had given many effects towards the both countries and the pacific region itself. The dispute attracted many countries to get involve because of the time for the dispute happened was so long time ago. Senkaku islands itself had its own potential that made the two countries interested to claim this island. China and Japan had their own reasons regarding the claiming of this island. It refers to their interests and their own policies to expand their region. The argument between two countries towards Senkaku island give many effects to them.
Japanese perspective about the maritime dispute over the Senkaku Islands date back to the 1950s have make the Chinese become an activist. This was showed by many of the incidents that happened nearby to the Senkaku Islands. “On the October 2006, a vessel with Hong Kong and PRC activists entered the territorial water around the Senkaku Islands. The outcomes from the activists incidents they get depart from the place after get the warned by the Coast Guard. The latest activist incident that happened in Senkaku Islands is a vessel with Taiwanese activists approached the Senkaku Islands.”（TATSUMI, 2013）.They get departure from Senkaku Islands after Coast Guard’s warning while in the adjacent water. From that, the effects of the dispute are Japanese think that Chinese has become an activist towards the islands.
The dispute that happened between China and Japan was being so long. Because of that, Prime Minister Abe was considered to make an adult relationship between those two countries. “Prime Minister Abe asked for the help from Washington or United States. The reason from Abe move is because United ...
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...very good diplomatic relationship. Because of the rising of China, Japan feels that they have to find a way to compete with China and pop out the dispute to become a reason to gain power. In this case, non-governmental actor, the United States has to play their role as the world most powerful country to help these countries to stop this dispute. This is for the benefits of itself seems that these two countries have much to contributes to United States.
However, China and Japan have to repair their diplomacy agreement that they had signed before. They both have to rethink about the benefits they will gain especially in the developing their countries if they repair the relationship. Instead of picking up the issue of the important of Senkaku Island for the country, they had ignored much about the economy and security of the country by always picking up this issue.
In the first chapter of his book “Triangular Relations and the Pacific War” Hasegawa details American, Japanese, and Russian Relations prior to the Second World War up until shortly after the Yalta Conference. He summarizes Russo-Japanese relations from the founding of Vladivostok to the Russian loss in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, presenting the ominous background in diplomatic relations before the founding of the Soviet Union. Hasegawa then details the aggressive actions taken by Japan in China and the Pacific during the 1930s, along with the hardline stance taken by the United States against such actions in comparison with the Soviet strategy of appeasement. The promise by the Soviet Union to join the Pacific War as well as the Manhattan project and Japanese peace activists are discussed as Hasegawa details wartime relations.
After evaluating the above factors, it is clear that the partnership between Australia and Japan is of significant importance to both countries. With reference to the Centre for Study of Australian-Asian Relations (1997:152) the future prosperity of Australia will to an increasing extent, be dependent on that of her neighbours in the Asia-Pacific area. Currently the Australia-Japan relationship could be described as “comfortable and relaxed”. However both Australia and Japan need to be alert to the changing environment and must ensure that the right frameworks and policy settings are in place in order for the two countries to prosper.
Japan led a ruthless assault in the Pacific for fifteen years. This small island was able to spread imperialism and terror to neighboring countries through means of force and brutality. Japan even attempted to combat and overcome European and Western countries such as Russia and the United States. Even with an extreme militaristic government, Japan was unable to achieve the glory it was promised and hoped for. The Pacific War analyzes Japan’s part in the war and what the country could have done to prevent such a tragedy.
Starting in the early 1930’s, the Japanese began to display their great imperialistic dreams with ambition and aggression. Their goal was to create a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" where they controlled a vast empire in the western Pacific.1 In September of 1939, Japan signed the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Treaty, allying themselves with Germany and Italy in an effort to safeguard their interests in China from the Soviet Union. Japan’s only major obstacle left lay in the significant size of the United States Pacific Fleet. To rid themselves of this, Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet in hopes of crippling it enough to prevent any further hindrance from the US. Although Japan began the War in the Pacific on the offensive, winning many battles and gaining significant territories, the tide quickly turned in favor of the US because of the their dominating industrial capacity. Thus, the Japanese began to resort to ghastly measures to prevent a humiliating defeat.
Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor for 3 main reasons. Japan had a plan for global domination, and the United States was in the way. Japan was also aggravated at the U.S because the U.S.A had halted from selling oil and materials to Japan. Also, Congress’ decision to expand the U.S Naval fleet furthermore angered Japan. These 3 reasons are why the Japanese assaulted Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In Document A, The Way of the Subjects states that “An old order…(European and American)... is now crumbling.” The Japanese Empire hoped to create a New Order and come in the place of Europe and the U.S.A. Also in Document A, The Way of the Subjects says “The Ideals of Japan...are represented by the principle that the benevolent rule of the
...feat of Japan in World War 2). With the changes of the nature of power, Japan by balancing out aggressive economic policies and a quiet military buildup, was able to build herself up to become a prominent player in the international sphere today. In closing, while Japan’s policies today in general have been skewered towards the arguments of the ‘Gentleman’, increasingly Japan has considered more realist concerns of security in the escalation of tensions of the East Asian geopolitical sphere. Chomin’s Discourse has nonetheless served as a prophetic blueprint for more than a century of Japan policy-making.
Even the Japanese were deliberating the strategic importance of maintaining the island. The senior army figures postulated that the Japanese Empire was becoming too vast to properly maintain. They argued that the Japanese army needed to consolidate it’s pre-existing territory. On the other hand, the Japanese Navy hierarchy debated that halting Japanese imperialism would send the wrong message to Americans. It was argued that holding back would be perceived as a sign of weakness. (“The Battle of Guadalcanal”)
Both countries both show more contrasting that make them both unique but also share a uniquely beautiful comparing. This is an important and interesting comparison because although both Japan and China share it’s different beliefs and leadership roles they both share a unique part of them that both make them what they are today. Japan although in present today still has controlled dealings when it comes to foreign policies or trading, this can be relative towards how the similarity of six-teen century japan and today. Along with China they still remain distant to foreign ideas and their independance still continues with the west and other outside countries. Both countries have an interesting background that can be relative today like it for everyone
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Since the end of the Second World War, the shape of the relations between the nations in the Pacific region has stayed more or less the same way until the present. However, there has been one big changed that affected the situation in the Pacific region and it was the outbreak of the Korean war and the creation of a Communist North Korea. This brought a huge inevitable change in relations between countries in the region. The stability that was brought about with the end of the Second World War disappeared and a new type of tension appeared. This especially affected the relations between the Korea and Japan to a great extent. In the past few years, the two countries have been seeking cooperation for the common aim of keeping the security in the Pacific region but things did not always work out fine due to many reasons including the historic background of two countries. In this paper, the historical background, the chronology of main events, the development of the relations and the current situation regarding the security and cultural issues, between Korea and Japan will be examined and analysed, which will be followed by a conclusion.
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