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China-Japan-Koreas
Japan 'Could Deploy Troops in Korea in Emergency'
2010-12-13
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan raised hackles in Korea on Saturday by saying Tokyo will consider dispatching troops there to rescue Japanese citizens in case of an emergency. Kan told reporters his government will consult on the matter with the South Korean government and revise Japanese laws to allow the country's Self-Defense Force to engage in such rescue operations.
Oh, that's just going to cause certain people in Beijing to shake their tiny fists ...
The daily Tokyo Shimbun reported on Sunday that the Japanese government already sounded out to the Korean government the possibility of dispatching SDF transport aircraft and vessels to Seoul, Incheon and Busan to rescue around 28,000 Japanese citizens residing in Korea.

But the daily said the Korean government rejected the proposal citing a potential public outrage among Koreans who may be reminded of the forced occupation of their country by the Japanese imperial military from 1910 to 1945.
It might cause another 1.2 billion people to the west and southwest to remember a similar period of occupation ...
Seoul was also reportedly concerned that the consultation itself could give the impression that a war is imminent.

But Seoul denied knowledge of the plan. "Japan neither raised the issue nor discussed it with us," a Cheong Wa Dae official said. "We don't know in what context Kan made the comments."

Another Korean official said the dispatch abroad of Japanese troops "is a matter of controversy even within Japan" and the remarks "were almost totally unexpected." He added the comments "appear rather imprudent considering they came from the Japanese leader and concerned sensitive national security issues."
Posted by:Steve White

#3  FREEREPUBLIC > [WaPo]NEW JAPANESE DEFENSE PLAN EMPHASIZES THREATS FROM CHINA. No longer agz RUSSIA.

Wehell, wid RUSSIA + [Nuc?] JAPAN + [Nuc?] SOUTH KOREA, + GMD-TMD, ready + secure in NORPAC + NE ASIA, it leaves the US to redirect and focus its efforts on SE ASIA + INDIAN OCEAN, KSA + EAST AFRICA.

Save for the Nukulaar Nippon + ROK part, 'tis why CHINA supports JAPAN's call to prefer withdrawal of Any + All US Forces from OKINAWA.

CHINA WANTS CHINESE-CONTROLLED/ONLY "WARM WATER" OVERSEAS PORTS, NOT "SHARED" PORTS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-12-13 01:05  

#2  ION GLOBALRESEARCH.CA > A SECOND KOREAN WAR WOULD BECOME A SINO-AMERICAN WAR.

and

* WORLD NEWS/TOPIX > US, CHINA IMPERIALISTS MAY CLASH IN KOREA.

D *** NG IT, 'TIS NO "IMPERIALISTS" HERE, ONLY GLOBALISTS + DIVERSE-SIFISTS + COMMUNITARIANS +.........!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-12-13 00:28  

#1  He added the comments "appear rather imprudent considering they came from the Japanese leader and concerned sensitive national security issues."

Or maybe you weren't the target of the real message here.

Perhaps Japan is sending a message to others (to the north and east..).
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-12-13 00:18  

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