NATION

WORLD

BUSINESS

CITIES

SPORTS

ENTERTAINMENT

ARCHIVE

PHOTOS

Follow

ALL SECTIONS

Like

1.7m

An avoidable crisis
The Indian Express : Sat Dec 28 2013, 02:08 hrs

25% Off Coupon Codes

Join Cashkaro and Get upto 25% Off Coupons. You Can't Afford to Miss! flipkartcoupons.cashkaro.com
Ads by Google

Shinzo Abe's visit to a war shrine has exacerbated tensions in East

RELATED

Asia.

Express 5: Why Jayanthi

Natarajan lost her job and
why Justice Ganguly might
Express 5: A reminder for the
Army and some rewritten
military history
Express 5: The right terms in
a judgment and the wrong
accused in a probe

The mode of first anniversary celebration by Japan Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe could double as an object lesson in how to lose friends
and alienate neighbours. Abe became the first sitting PM since
Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to visit the controversial Y asukuni shrine
in Tokyo a memorial dedicated to honouring, among Japan's 2.5
million World War II-dead, such Class A war criminals as Hideki
Tojo, the country's wartime PM. In doing so, Abe has outraged China
and South Korea, which bore the brunt of Japan's imperial ambitions

EDITORS PICK
Reach anywhere in
India in 24 hours by
road and rail; long
distance calls to cost
same as local calls,
says Modi
Lords after 28 years

and its resultant brutality. His action also invited rare opprobrium
from the US.
TOP STORIES

Of course, ordinarily, this might not amount to more than a routine

Rajya Sabha disrupted over

Justice Markandey Katju's
'corruption in judiciary'
allegations

assertion by Beijing of its continued dissatisfaction with Japanese

attempts to atone for its war crimes. China's perception that Japan is
insufficiently apologetic about its conduct during World War II and

Katjus complaint:
Supreme Court had
heard PIL, criticised
the process

its anxieties over any demonstration of Japanese nationalism are

Anwer Bhatkal killed in
outpost raid: Kandahar
police chief

longstanding issues between the two nations. But this provocation is

the latest in a series of contests between China and Japan, most
notably over the ownership of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the

Manipuri man beaten to

death in Delhi
Its official: Congress and
National Conference wont
contest Assembly polls
together
Bangalore school rape:
Skating instructor held,
child porn found in his
laptop

Insult to injury:
Congress faces a
mini-exodus

East China Sea.

Abe has done Japan no favours with this visit. China has been
aggressively staking its territorial claims in the East and South China
Seas. Its growing assertiveness is being observed with trepidation by

First look: Amitabh

Bachchan in
'Shamitabh'

others in the region, but the prospect of cooperation with Japan in a

competition against China was complicated by the visit, which
helped raise the spectre of resurgent Japanese militarism. Now, as
Beijing and Tokyo pursue a strategy of competitive nationalist

Half a century later,

Supreme Court cuts
its summer break

posturing to push other agendas, the prospect of confrontation

appears just a little more likely.
Rapes cant be stopped: outgoing UP Gov

Tags: ie

editorial

indian express

Most Advance Gas Detector

Analyses Upto 6 Gases at a Time. O2, CO, CO2, NO, NO2, Know More!
www.testo.in/Gas-Detector

Free Ncert Study Material

Get Online Animated Videos, Notes & More. For Quick Learning ! Join Now

Two brothers among

six from Bhatkal in
Afghanistan

www.thedigilibrary.com/NCERT
Ads by Google

ALSO READ
Pranabs daughter
joins Delhi Congress,
plans to contest next
assembly election
Error and trial

What people want

With DU respect

Closing the door

The CM hopefuls who

couldnt wait

Please read our term s of use before posting com m ents

0 Comments

Indian Express

Login

Sort by Newest

Share

After Giriraj, Sadhu:

Whose money is it,
Part II, in Patna

Favorite

Start the discussion

Be the first to comment.

Subscribe

Add Disqus to your site

Shopping Online

Today's Paper

Edits & Columns

Achieved mixed success despite challenge, says

outgoing SEC Pandey
BJP picks up Didi?s Shahid Divas venue for its
Utthan Divas
Encephalitis toll in Jalpaiguri hospital climbs to
60
Hastening to agree
Congress slams TRS MP Kavitha?s remark on
J&K, Telangana
Ganga clean-up plan by year-end
Cellphone towers to be set up in Naxal-affected
areas in 15 months

Most Commented
Jaya opposes Sanskrit week celebrations in
schools | The Indian Express
Out of my mind: History wars | The Indian
Express
What the poor want | The Indian Express
With memories of Kolkata, nuns hold out hope
in Gaza
Chennai school shows the way in promoting
traditional dhoti

The Express Group

Express Tow ers
Privacy Policy

Expressindia

The Indian Express

Business Publication Division

Advertise w ith Us

Contact Us

The Financial Express

Express Pharma
Subscribe

Copyright 2014 The Indian Express ltd. All Rights Reserved

Loksatta

Express Healthcare

Jansatta

Exims

Express Hospitality

Ramnath Goenka Aw ards

Express Travelw orld

Express Computers