JAPAN AND THE DIAOYUTAI

ABE SAYS CHINA MADE 'WRONG' MOVES OVER TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Press Trust of India/Tokyo

Business Standard, January 11, 2013

Japan's hawkish new Premier Shinzo Abe today said China was "wrong" in intentionally allowing Japanese nationals and businesses to be harmed over the raging East China Sea row to achieve its "political goal".

"It was wrong as a country responsible to the international community to (allow) damage to Japanese- affiliated companies and Japanese nationals in order to achieve a political goal," Abe said at a press conference, commenting on last year's anti-Japanese riots triggered by a territorial row over the East China Sea islands.

Abe's comments came as the Japanese Cabinet approved a stimulus package that includes extra defence spending.

The relationship between Japan and China has been strained since Japan purchased some of the Senkakus Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, in September last year. The row caused anti-Japanese protests across China, some violent.

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