The Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshito Sengoku, said officials "should be careful not to arouse narrow-minded extreme nationalism", not just in China, but in Japan and other countries too.

内阁首席秘书仙谷由人说，双方官方“应当注意不要挑动狭隘的极端民族主义”，不仅仅是在中国，也包括在日本与其他一些国家。

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This is a short-sighted, even dangerous, provocation at a time of rising nationalism in the region, fuelled by maritime disputes between Japan, China (see article) and South Korea over specks of rock.

ECONOMIST: And the mainstream parties would do well to heed it