Japan protests Putin message celebrating new factory on disputed isle

I cannot even understand what Tokyo s protesting about.

If a country sets up a seafood processing factory within it's country, it is no concern of Japans.

Japan should have a better relationship with China and Russia, the neighbors. Japan will not get the isles as long as the US military bases everywhere on Japan niclear weapons aiming at Russia.

Whose idea was it to invade Manchuria and Korea in the first place? Whose idea was it to start war with Russia?

Too bad Japan had been used as the first terrorist state in the region.

If Japan has exhausted all actions for peace . . . then maybe the other way?

Isn't that what lower house lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama was musing? Only he got slapped down harshly and nearly booted out for wondering the same.

What other way? Use military force to get the islands back? Or Japan to agree to renounce military alliance and security treaties with the U.S. and perhaps Russia will return the islands?

If Japan has exhausted all actions for peace . . . then maybe the other way?

Surely, a message encouraging the Japanese to consume more seafood!

Only when the Article 9 is modified and the restrictions prohibiting Japan from having a military capability beyond coastal defense purpose only, can Japan do anything purposeful. Then maybe Putin and Xi will take Japan more seriously.

Lol,

Since you are talking of Article 9, let me help you re-phrase your statement. "Then maybe Putin and Xi will be scared of Japan"

The Soviet Union broke Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pactthe . I can't trust Russia.

Abe and Japan's hands are tied with the restrictive Article 9 and Putin knows it. He also knows Japan can't do anything further than filing ineffective protests.

Only when the Article 9 is modified and the restrictions prohibiting Japan from having a military capability beyond coastal defense purpose only, can Japan do anything purposeful. Then maybe Putin and Xi will take Japan more seriously.

History is a Time Machine , it can take you back as far as you wish, unfortunately wars and conflicts do have consequences , you take land and you lose land, some wars you win some you lose. Regarding Japans claim, when they were colonizing countries prior to the WW ll that was ok, when war broke out and those colonized countries got back their lands, that was deemed just, but coming towards the end of WW ll and Russia claimed its spoils , that was not ok. Hypocrisy is a strange word , depending on who is using it.

"Putin's message, sent shortly before he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Vladivostok on Thursday to discuss a postwar peace treaty,"..

Hahaha, Abe wouldn't protest in person because he will get no salt if he did that.

Ouch! Abe brown noses Putin and gets nothing in return. Ditto with Trump. Abe bullies Moon and gets whacked. Inept leadership at its finest. Maybe he’ll get lucky with Xi.

Protest all you want, the Russians have set up shop and they are not leaving.