Let's just how dangerous China, I mean Japan really is? Did Japan create a military exclusion zone in territories claimed by China? No, but China did when they claimed ownership of the Senkaku islands which have been part of Japan since 1898. Did Japan claim it owned the whole of the East China sea or the Sea of Japan simply because their name is on it? No, of course not. China though created and claimed 90% of the South China sea when they issued their Dash 9 map in November of 2014. Japan hasn't constructed artificial islands to further its territorial claims, but China has. Who's threatening the peace in Asia? It certainly isn't Japan. That said when the Japanese Diet passed those security laws in September of last year even though public opinion was overwhelming against their passage which included large demonstrations.
Claims follows passing of law allowing Japanese troops to fight on foreign soil for first time since end of second world war
Claims follows passing of law allowing Japanese troops to fight on foreign soil for first time since end of second world war
China has accused Japan’s “warlord” prime minister, Shinzo Abe, of threatening peace in the region, following the enactment on Tuesday of controversial laws allowing Japanese troops to fight on foreign soil for the first time since the end of the second world war.
The security laws, which were passed last September after chaotic scenes in parliament, reinterpret the country’s pacifist constitution to enable Japan to exercise collective self-defence – or coming to the aid of the US and other allies – in overseas conflicts.
In an online commentary, the state-run Xinhua news agency accused Abe of abandoning Japan’s postwar constitution, which limits the military to a purely defensive role, saying the move would “only serve to endanger the Japanese public’s right to live in peace”.
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