Japanese nationalists believe that China’s claims to the Senkaku – which Beijing calls the Diaoyu – show why Japan must be more assertive in its foreign policy.
Rightwing views that China’s growing power threatens Japan have been given ammunition by days of fierce anti-Japan protests in cities across China, including the looting and burning of some Japanese companies’ premises.
The Sino-Japanese dispute comes just as Japanese politics is likely to a take a shift to the right. The centre-left ruling Democratic party is deeply unpopular and on course to lose a general election most analysts expect by early next year.
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