There are few direct mentions of China in the foreign policy platforms of the three main parties contesting Japan’s general election – but plenty of signs of worry about Asia’s fastest rising power between their carefully written lines.
Promises to protect Japanese territory, pledges to strengthen coastguard forces and calls for closer alliance with the US litter the manifestos of the ruling Democratic party, opposition Liberal Democrats and insurgent new Restoration party.
Such shared priorities are a symptom of deep concern in Japan caused by a flaring dispute with China over ownership of the Senkaku islands, a remote and uninhabited island group that Beijing calls the Diaoyu.
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