Japan Strenghtens bonds with the Philippines

For my records

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/27/japan-pledges-support-for-philippines-as-both-countries-confront-china-over/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/27/philippines-japan-leaders-hold-talks-over-china-disputes/



In other related news:
BBC: Japan Military "Needs Marines and Drones"

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Thanks, i'll check it out, i follow Asian media closer than most Americans but i haven't watched that one yet.
I watched a history of kung-fu on netflix a while back and it had an interesting comment regarding the shift in plot lines of the kung-fu movies coming out of Hong Kong since the PRC took over. It's very true, my kids and i were actually surprised (at the time) at some of the early Donnie Yen movie's plots, "The PRC allowed this?" "Oh it's Hong Kong"
There has been a policy change in Korea the last few years with an associated rise in anti-Japanese sentiment.  Personally i think the PRC has it's greasy propaganda machine turning overtime to demonize the Japanese.  The S and E China seas are looking more turbulent every day.
For those that have any interest i keep a blog/diary for the purpose of linking interesting articles together such as the rise in suspicious deaths that would benefit the PRC, the PRC being behind the anti-US Okinawa protests, overflights and incursions, and some other oddities that interest me.  It can be found by searching for "Five Feet of Flight Line" (a Naval Air joke)  For a professional media more attuned to West-Pac i recommend the Austrailian based "The Diplomat".

original article :
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/24/statue-korean-war-horse-reckless-to-be-unveiled-at-marine-museum-in-virginia

Push and Shove

I watched a few of these up close, there is serious angst at the operational levels when this goes on.  Putin's bellicosity has yet to be acknowledged, much yet checked.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/17/japanese-jets-intercept-russian-bombers-on-heels-suspected-practice-runs

07/24/13 Another one:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/us-china-japan-scramble-idUSBRE96N0GS20130724

Anime Great desires Peace, not likely to get it.

Hayao Miyazaki, according to Donga, has called on the Japanese to apologize for WWII comfort women war crimes, also calls for Japan to remain de militarized:
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2013072017818

It is telling that hew recently completed a 5 year project on the developer of the Mitsubishi Zero, Jiro Horikoshi, called "Kaze Tachinu" (The Wind has Risen).
While I have not seen it, it is reputed to be a bit downbeat.  His comments reflect the guilt of the times.

While i only checked one Japanese paper, the Asahi Shimbun, there is no record of the comments.  They were made in the July edition of Studio Ghibli’s monthly free magazine “Hot Wind,”

Personally i think Miyazaki-san is wrong in his thoughts, but right in his soul.  Sadly the time has come for the Japanese people to put their guilt aside and remember that people do not start wars, governments do, and the closest analog to Imperial Japan today is the PRC.  There is a telling comment reflecting how pacifism is libel to be fatal:

HM as parphrased by Donga re: territorial disputes
"... both sides divide the land in question “half and half” or jointly manage them, as it would be impossible to resolve the issues through the International Court of Justice."

There's the rub, impossible to resolve the issues through International arbitration, and why is that?  It is because the PRC is going to have their way in the South and East China seas and will not negotiate.

Update: 7/22/12 a better article tweeted by tokyo pop:
http://kotaku.com/hayao-miyazaki-called-anti-japanese-a-traitor-and-865643505