In may tokyo ships were in the bay of
bengal in an unprecedented exercise with France, Australia and the United States. Canada, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and
the Philippines have also conducted
drills with the japan maritime
self-defense force. Japan is set to increase the stakes by
configuring Izumo to accommodate u.s
stealth fighters with tokyo being 42 of
its own.
U.S President Donald Trump has voiced
his opposition that the agreements
between tokyo and washington mean that
the u.s is responsible for what he
regards as a disproportionate amount of
japan's defense. Yasukazu Tanaka the amphibious rapid
deployment brigade admitted to the south
china morning post the ship could
accommodate air and sea transport so
there are great possibilities for us to
conduct amphibious operations.
China posses the largest claims in the
south china sea region but the u.s and
other naval forces have sold close to
beijing occupied islands, annoying their
rivals. While on the drill izumo came close to
skirting into what china claims as its
territorial waters while operating with
the navies of brunei and the philippines. Tokyo has also been hosting lectures for
young officers from their southeast
asian allies on law, navigation, communications and disaster relief.
Muhammad Daniel Ben Matt Yusof a junior Lieutenant in the royal brunei navy said
especially with the territorial and
boundaries part, i think that would be
vital information for us. Tokyo and beijing have historically had
a cold relationship but escort flotilla
one commander Hiroshi Agawa insisted. This indo-pacific deployment is not an
operation that is aimed at any one
specific country. Since the end of the second world war
japan has only been involved in four
armed conflicts.
The first was the war in vietnam in
which japan occurred during the second
world war and after french rule was
successfully restored in 1946 japan did
not get involved in the subsequent first
into china war. The next incident did not occur until
december 22nd 2001 when a north korean
spy boat was spotted in japan's
exclusive economic zone, the korean
trawler was sunk in a few short hours.
Japanese military forces were briefly
involved in the iraq war but mainly
stuck to humanitarian efforts. The most recent deployment was another
naval mission as japan was involved in
the anti-piracy initiative operation
ocean shield in the area around the horn
of africa. China is an emerging power in the
current world.
China has come a long way from its
former position to its current one. the
chinese communist party came to power in
1949 by defeating Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang party and under Mao Zedong, china's economic growth continued.
China is currently the second largest
economy in the world. the cold war is currently raging between
the superpowers america and china. International experts have dubbed at the
new cold war. China has disputes with the united
states over the hong kong taiwan issue. the south china sea, the east china sea, the sino-us trade crisis and so on.
At
present there is tension over the south
china sea in this superpower. the united
states has already formed quads with
india japan and australia to reduce
china's growing influence in south asia
and the indo-pacific region. The south china sea issue is an
important issue in international
politics, but there are reasons why this tension
is growing.
During world war II japan occupied the
islands in the south china sea. after the defeat of japan the cairo and
potsdam declarations of 1943 and 1945
recognized the rights of the republic of
china to the islands and the south china
sea. In 1947 the then nationalist chinese
government formally annexed 159 islands islands and shelf states. Various historical events from the time
of world war ii to the present day have
turned the south china sea into the
center of tension in the world today.
The
south china sea is very important in
international geopolitics. The south china sea is an important
international shipping lane, but over the
years numerous small islands in the sea
many of which have been claiming
ownership of coral islands, coral reefs
and islands have been the focus of
controversy in the region for some time has become more and more vocal. The country claims the disputed area has
been part of china for centuries and
china has gradually strengthened its
military presence there in support of
their claim.
Under u.n maritime law an independent
state can claim maritime territory up to
12 nautical miles from its coast. Moreover the area up to 200 nautical
miles is called the exclusive economic
zone. In this region they can enjoy the
freedom of natural resources, aquatic
animals or fish, construction of
artificial islands and others.
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