JAPAN & US vs CHINA: Territorial Dispute Or Is It All About The OIL !

	JAPAN & US vs CHINA: Territorial Dispute Or Is It All About The OIL ! JAPAN & US vs CHINA: Territorial Dispute Or Is It All About The OIL ! The dispute over the territory known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan (and the US) and as the Diaoyu Islands in China has all the makings of a Tom Clancy thriller. The 73 year-old Japanese Finance Minister, Tadahiro Matsushita was found hanged--not death by seppuku--in his home on suicide prevention day. The newly appointed Ambassador to China for Japan was found dead on a street in Japan at age 60 before he could take up his duties in China. The wife of Bo Xilai, a top contender for the top seat in the Chinese Politboro, is in prison facing a death sentence for the murder of a British businessman. The murder was revealed when one of his top aides, now sentenced to 15 years in prison, tried to defect to the United States and revealed his role in the cover-up. Governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara (79) and author of the controversial late 1980's book The Japan That Can Say No: Why Japan Will Be the First Among Equals (irreverently known as "get lost America, we can covertly rearm, develop nuclear capabilities, close US bases, and handle our own defense") inflamed relations between China and Japan by engineering the government's purchase of the Senkaku Islands from a private Japanese citizen. Isihara's son Nobuteru (55) is the one of the candidates for leadership of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, and if the party wins the election, he could possibly become Prime Minister of Japan if he can win out over <b>...</b>	From: Tsiyonut times Views: 0 0 ratings
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