China seizes Japanese ship in case that stretches back to the '30s
Source: LA Times
In a fresh reminder of the unresolved wartime grievances between China and Japan, authorities in Shanghai have seized a Japanese ship over claims dating back to the 1930s.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said Monday that one of its iron ore carriers, the Baosteel Emotion, was impounded Saturday. Japans top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, denounced the move, saying it could have a chilling effect on all Japanese companies doing business in China. We are deeply apprehensive, he added.
Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing have been on the rise. Japan is worried about Chinas increasing military might, while China is nervous about efforts in Japan to revise its post-World War II pacifist constitution.
The two countries are sparring over a group of uninhabited islands, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes December visit to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo that critics say honors war criminals has drawn strong fire from Beijing. Abe on Monday sent a ritual offering to the shrine to mark the start of the spring festival
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ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 21, 2014, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)
According to a timeline of the dispute released Monday by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, in 1936, a Japanese company called Daido Kaiun a predecessor to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines chartered two ships from Chung Wei Steamship Co. They were later expropriated by the Japanese government and sank or were lost at sea during the Sino-Japanese war.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Not that I'm taking sides, but the story made more sense once you saw that.
I live in Korea and all three countries (China, Japan, and Korea) have a perpetual hatred of each other for various reasons. The claiming of large areas of international water by China has really fanned the flames.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)than the odds of the Japanese government paying.