Japan, Germany agree to boost security cooperation in Indo-Pacific

German and Japan, that dates back in 1930s to 1940s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers

During their talks in Berlin, Kishida and Scholz also confirmed that their countries will create an economic security framework amid fears about what they view as China's overproduction of electric vehicles and other key products using massive subsidies.

Translation - both countries have a treasured and protected automotive sector that is now facing legitimate, efficient international competition and they don't like it.

japanese politicians are as predicable as japanese baseball. someone gets on first, here come the bunt.

my ratings are low or i had some financial scandal, i’ll travel overseas to look statesmanlike.

ErwToday  07:33 am JST

China sending warships in disputed zone that is literally called south-china sea 

Are you under the impression Japan owns the Sea of Japan?

Their grandfathers would be ecstatic. What could go wrong? As once said by some wise soul, the only thing man learns from history is that man doesn't learn much from history.

Isn't Germany all-in on Ukraine and immigration? How do their interest extend to the Indo Pacific? It's quite unclear.

Beating the Drums of War.

Beating the Drums of War.

Correct.

Fascist Russia and totalitarian China certainly are. Thankfully the freedom-loving, democratic world is starting to stand up against the scum.

Isn't Germany all-in on Ukraine and immigration? How do their interest extend to the Indo Pacific? It's quite unclear.

Germany is one of the worlds large maratime trading nations with billions of Euro's worth of products transiting the region. German interest clearly extends to everywhere they trade to, and the waters their trade moves through.

The world is a small place when your goods are sold to just about every nation. So when one nation takes actions to restrict passage and claim ownership of international waters it will create concern for those nations who rely on free and unfettered access.

The actions of China claiming ownership of international waters and territorial waters of other nations clearly concern trading nations around the world. How anyone could fail to understand such a basic concept is puzzling.

Germany it's far away from indo pacific..

The rest of NATO circUS too..

Not your region, not your business..

Not your region, not your business..

It clearly IS their business. Try telling the rich and ruling classes in all Asian nations they cant buy quality German cars and machine tools and many other German made goods, they would line you up in a firing squad.

Germany has the right to sail in ALL international waters, including those in the Asia-Pacific region without needing to ask China for permission. Get used to it. The same applies for all nations.

I hope a new leadership would come to power in Japan to make it have some dignity and have a bit more natural and constructive policy with its neighbours.

Why not hope for North Korea/China/Russia/etc. have a new leadership that would come to power and have a bit more natural and constructive policy with Japan?

Or is it only Japan that has to change? That the other countries are already hopeless?

Germany has the right to sail in ALL international waters, including those in the Asia-Pacific region without needing to ask China for permission. Get used to it. The same applies for all nations.

Yes, international waters mean INTERNATIONAL

The moment people start picking who gets to use international space is the moment public areas no longer belong to the public. Governments around the world already control so many areas of the globe, why would ya give them even more power to control who gets to use INTERNATIONAL areas?

Not your region, not your business..

Try telling that to China in the Arctic

Germany is making profits by selling a variety of products, including cars, in the Chinese market. If the Chinese Communist Party were to start a war of aggression like Russia, it would be an immeasurable blow to Germany, more so than to Japan.

The peace and security of the East Asian region is of concern to Germany.

The aggressive nation of China has already seized territory from the Philippines, oppressed ethnic minorities, and is trying to skim off the territory of neighboring countries.

The growth of such a country cannot be overlooked, both for the sake of the global economy and for the sake of world peace.

There are obvious reasons why China is disliked and is subject to sanctions and containment by Western countries.

Ironically, modern Japanese people admire the western countries like USA the most which nuked their land not long ago. Their deceased grandparents must be rolling over in their graves.

People forgive. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor - a lot of Americans still don't forgive

Vietnam and US too