In terms of the Western Pacific, we are present in the South China Sea and East China Sea and elsewhere on a very routine basis.
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The deal was a coup for China, which had shifted its military focus away from a potential Soviet land invasion, and now wanted to defend territorial claims over Taiwan and parts of the South China Sea and East China Sea.
Influenced by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Immanuel Wallerstein (historians who helped establish a tradition of global comparative history), large numbers of Japanese intellectuals are beginning to realise that a global economic system existed in the areas around the Indian Ocean, the Arabic Sea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea long before the westernisation of the world.
"Japan also hopes to win over Asean in order to keep pace together against China on the East China Sea and South China Sea issues and occupy a favourable position in terms of building a political and security structure in Asia-Pacific in future, " it said.
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Talking about tension, lets not forget China and Japan and the East China sea Island dispute.
Mr Abe is currently facing an escalation in a separate dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea.
North Korea said the rocket would fly south, likely over open waters of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
Mr Minami said an ongoing territorial dispute with China over islands is the East China Sea was also a cause for concern going forward.
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On the bitter row with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea, he said US support was key.
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Since last summer, Japan has been embroiled in a rancorous dispute with China over a group of small East China Sea islands.
Since last summer, Japan has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with China over a group of small East China Sea islands.
Ahead of the visit, Mr Abe said US support was critical in a bitter row between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Much more worrying for Tokyo is China's push to claim disputed East China Sea islands, our correspondent adds.
Most editorials remained focused on the ongoing China-Japan row over the disputed East China Sea islands as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta met his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie in Beijing on Tuesday after a visit to Tokyo.
In addition to North Korea's missile program, he cited China's intrusions into territorial waters around contested East China Sea islands.
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So far in 2010, China in April conducted provocative naval exercises in the East China Sea followed by precipitating low-level clashes with Japanese fishing trawlers in August.
Such worries were heightened even further this week as a result of the latest diplomatic fracas between China and Japan over some disputed islands in the East China Sea.
China and Japan disagree over who owns islands in the East China Sea.
China and South Korea are at odds over a part of the East China sea.
Japan and China are currently involved in a territorial dispute over ownership of an East China Sea island chain, with the row sparking a Chinese boycott of some Japanese goods.
Media in China have welcomed Washington's low-key public stance on the East China Sea territorial dispute during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's US visit.
"China hopes that Japan take effective measures to stop stirring up tension in the East China Sea and making irresponsible remarks, " it said.
While Japan has been focused on its territorial dispute with China, Thursday's scramble against Russia was a reminder that the northern part of the Sea of Japan facing Russia can be as tense as the East China Sea to the south.
China Daily and Southern Metropolis Daily highlight how Fu Ying blamed Japan for escalating an East China Sea islands dispute.
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