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Moonraker
Time to get out the proof maybe. But then Russia could say it was fabricated. If the violator does not come clean, what can you do? Russia, after all, has made it its nihilistic, national mission to subvert all truth.
Moonraker
And right on cue.
Some dude
Japan has to get used to the fact (if they're not already aware of it) that everything that Russia says is a lie. Everything.
OssanAmerica
Stop buying seafood imports from Russia FFS.
JJE
Seafood imports from Russia are critical to propping up family-run seafood distributors, particularly in Hokkaido and the north. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot.
No evidence provided and this is nothing but a harmless maritime monitoring craft, clearly in La Pérouse Strait.
Wouldn't be surprised if Tokyo's radars are completely bonkers and out of whack. Same thing happened with Poland; their NATO radars are showing all sorts of things that turn out to be figments of their imagination.
Geeter Mckluskie
Time for Japan to build a nuclear arsenal. I'm sure they already have plenty of enriched uranium...and superior missile technology. Time for Japan to build a strong deterrant to China, North Korea and Russia. They're sitting ducks...otherwise
deanzaZZR
Real reasonable. We go from the Russians may have strayed across a hard to define airspace to "let's build nukes!" JT at its best for sure.
TaiwanIsNotChina
It is reasonable: even the Russian understands you don't mess around or deny the sovereignty of a nuclear power.
Geeter Mckluskie
Actually, it hasn't gone from "Russians may have strayed across hard to define airspace". It's gone from China building up military bases in the South China Seas, North Korea firinging test missiles over Japan's archipelago and Russia doing military drills on contested Japanese islands along with escalations of geo-political tensions regarding Taiwan, Okinawa (which the Chinese are also laying claim to) and with the Russia/Ukraine conflict drawing Japan into the mix with financial backing and talk of an Asian NATO. Japan's neighboring countries are hostile to it and Japan is reliant on US protection when it is very capable of implementing its own nuclear arsenal. I'm not sure if you've ever read a single history book...but war is something that happens. Best for Japan to be prepared for it...just in case
Geeter Mckluskie
https://thediplomat.com/2023/07/chinas-okinawa-policy-attracts-attention/
Citation provided above
Geeter Mckluskie
I'm out of the loop. I have no idea what this comment means. The fact remains, Japan is neighbored by hostile nations that are nuclear armed...and war has yet to be eradicated from human endeavour...and Japan is a sitting duck without a nuclear deterrant. Peace Love and Kumbaya is all lovely...and wished by everyone. The hard cold world of human endeavour is reality. Best to prepare for reality...rather than cotten candy dreams
WA4TKG
What do you expect?; it’s russia.
elephant200
Japan should stop provocations at Russia or China. The US military protection is a myth, instead the occupying forces are hostile and dangerous to local residents, they never gives a respect at Japanese people!
TaiwanIsNotChina
And yet no islands of japan are being held illegally by the US, swarmed by US fishing boats, or being rammed by US coast guard.
Strangerland
Here it is October 4th, and Ukraine has more of Russia than it ever has.
Putin is either incompetent or a liar.
I'm going with the former. Remember, it's a so-called 72-hour Special Invasion.
Definitely incompetence on the part of the Russian military.
Strangerland
There's an old adage;
What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a bucket-load of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into three pieces? A Russian machine made to cut apples into four pieces!
starpunk
You didn't think Russia would be telling the truth now, did ya?
Isn't there a UN boycott on their goods now because of the Ukraine war?
OssanAmerica
There is nothing that the US (Alaska) can't supply that comes from Russia. Those distrubutors need to put national interests before their profits.
The absurdity of Russia making Hokkaido fishermen pay them for salmon they catch in their own waters because the fish were "born in Russian rivers" is indicative of the Russian attitude towards Japan. Steal the four southern Kurile islands and make Japan buy seafood products as imports.
OssanAmerica
Yes there is and Japan has drastically reduced imports from Russia for various products.
However, there still exists an "exempted" import trade of Russian seafood, predominantly in Hokkaido.
No need to rely on Russia. When China banned Japanese seafood imports, the U.S. bought Hokkaido scallops. What has Russia done for Japan?