Japan's Abe uses Davos economic forum to warn of China militancy

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http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-davos-japan-china-militancy-20140122,0,3734390.story



Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe brought the conflict among Asian neighbors over East and South China Sea resources to the World Economic Forum at Davos on Wednesday, when he made veiled criticism of China's increased defense spending and muscle-flexing in the region.

Japan's Abe uses Davos economic forum to warn of China militancy
By Carol J. Williams
January 22, 2014, 5:31 p.m.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used his moment in the spotlight Wednesday at the World Economic Forum to sound an alarm over what he sees as China's rising militancy and Japan's outdated defense posture.

In a speech opening the five-day annual gathering of global movers and shakers at the Swiss resort of Davos, Abe appeared to confirm suspicions building among his Asian neighbors that Tokyo will seek to ease the constitutional restraints placed on the vanquished World War II aggressor.

Japan and China in recent years have been rattling sabers over some uninhabited islands in the East China Sea and access to rich fishing and energy resources in the South China Sea.

The disputes have intensified since Beijing unilaterally asserted its sovereignty over the islands it calls the Diaoyu by establishing an air defense identification zone over the disputed territory in November. Abe followed with a provocative visit last month to a Tokyo shrine containing the remains of Japanese war criminals.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Well that's today's tune now stuck in my head

Abe, Abe , Abe my boy................................