China terms Japan’s security law threat to regional peace

AFP Published September 20, 2015

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces' airborne troops stand at attention during the annual SDF troop review ceremony at Asaka Base in Asaka, near Tokyo October 27, 2013. — Reuters/file

TOKYO: China accused Japan of threatening regional peace on Saturday after Tokyo passed laws clearing Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II, saying that its rival should learn “profound lessons from history”.

Japan’s ruling coalition, led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pushed the laws through in the early hours of Saturday morning after days of tortuous debate that at times descended into physical scuffles in parliament.

For the first time in 70 years, the new laws will give the government the power to send the military into overseas conflicts to defend allies, even if Japan itself is not under attack.

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Zak

Sep 20, 2015 01:31pm

Japan should become a space faring race , the best in the world , then only can they colonize planets and be real threat to China, not otherwise, they should use their best asset ,i.e their brains and their love for technology ,then they can rule the world and the space, if they don't get their act together soon they will be crushed by China.

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el cid

Sep 20, 2015 01:35pm

Would love to see Japan's rise as a Hyper Power.

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Abdulla Hussain

Sep 20, 2015 02:09pm

With such law Japan will find itself in quicksand, better to abstain than to indulge in such never ending of do more.

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Kuldeep

Sep 20, 2015 02:17pm

China advising Japan about Peace! Did I just read it right?

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PHILOSOPHER (from Japan)

Sep 20, 2015 03:58pm

The enmity between these two is not a new one but the recent law pours fuel to the fire. The ideological differences came across during cold-war and Japan and South Korea preferred to ally the US, whereas, China had made the bloc with Russia and North Korea.

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Ajay vikram Singh

Sep 20, 2015 10:19pm

Japan has conquered China many times in the history.

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shubs

Sep 21, 2015 10:31am

@Zak History is obviously not your strong point.

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