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The islets conflict has also permanently harmed Japan’s chances of ever
recovering from Russia two of the four disputed islands of the South Kurile
chain, which are lush with vegetation and once inhabited by Japanese fisher
folk, who have lived in exile on Hokkaido since the war’s end. Provoking
China and South Korea, while alienating Russia, have wrecked any hopes for
regaining the Northern Territories.
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The only winner in the islets dispute is the Chinese navy, which by now has
overwhelming and unquestioning domestic support for naval modernization and
fleet expansion. Tokyo’s confrontational attitude has resurrected painful
memories of past atrocities and imperialist arrogance during the two modern
wars against China. It is just a matter time before an aging and less agile
Japan slips badly, and the Chinese forces move in – hopefully for no more
than those tiny outcrops.
The strategic pivot policy promises only costly military spending and
humiliating setbacks ahead. Japanese policymakers should accept a world
court judgment, if only to prevent future losses of legitimate national
territory, which is more vulnerable than any military strategist is ready to
admit in public. The long-term interests of Japan and the US are better
served by a maritime security treaty and resource partnership with China and
Russia, not a self-defeating rivalry against these East Asian powers.
If a strategic retreat is not implemented sooner than later, the Senkaku-
Diaoyu dispute could rapidly escalate into the last battle of the Pacific
War and the first shots fired in World War III. Diplomacy, as the art of
compromise, is needed more than ever to prevent the unthinkable.
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: The islets conflict has also permanently harmed Japan’s chances of ever
: recovering from Russia two of the four disputed islands of the South Kurile
: chain, which are lush with vegetation and once inhabited by Japanese fisher
: folk, who have lived in exile on Hokkaido since the war’s end. Provoking
: China and South Korea, while alienating Russia, have wrecked any hopes for
: regaining the Northern Territories.
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: The only winner in the islets dispute is the Chinese navy, which by now has
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