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China and Japan tensions on the rise

Japan has moved closer to rearmament in recent years.

Eoin Higgins

Feb 27

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Dire straits

China and Japan in escalating spat over Taiwan: What to know - BBC News

China and Japan are longstanding major players in East Asia—and tensions are rising between the two nations.

On Tuesday, China moved to restrict exports to 20 Japanese organizations tied to the country’s military. It also put 20 Japanese companies on a watchlist, bringing the number of entities under Chinese constraint to 40.

The current row began in November, when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her country might get involved it China attacked the island nation of Taiwan, which China regards as its territory. Since those comments, Chinese visitors to Japan dropped 61% year-over-year and the two countries are openly hostile to one another.

Japan has moved closer to rearmament in recent years after decades without an offensive military after its defeat in Word War 2.

“You could say it’s a check against the Japan–U.S. relationship and at Japan’s additional defense efforts.”—University of Tokyo Professor Ryo Sahashi

(Jakarta Post) (Reuters) (NPR) (the New York Times)

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“With much contemporaneous evidence now destroyed, the true number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza who were deliberately targeted by Israel may never be known.”—CPJ report

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