08/15/2012

China to protest after Japan arrests activists on disputed isle

HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - China will lodge a complaint with Japan after it detained five Chinese activists who landed on disputed islands on Wednesday, China's Xinhua news agency said, as tension between Japan and its neighbors escalated on the anniversary of the end of World War Two.

The landing by the activists on the islands in the East China Sea and their detention by Japan's coastguard came on a day of regional diplomatic jousting, underscoring how history haunts Japan's ties with China and South Korea.

Earlier, South Korea prompted an official protest from Japan after comments by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak which some saw as going too far by insulting Japanese Emperor Akihito.

And in a move likely to anger Japan's neighbors, two Japanese cabinet ministers paid homage at a controversial Tokyo shrine for the war dead.

Memories of Japan's wartime occupation of much of China and colonization of South Korea run deep despite close economic ties in one of the world's wealthiest regions.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/china-activists-land-isles-disputed-japan-093034110.html

Aug 15, 2012 7:28:02 AM | Activist/Dissident

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