Closer Cooperation Between US and Japan Urgent to Stabilize Sea of Asia

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Closer Cooperation Between US and Japan Urgent to Stabilize Sea of Asia
Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Japan
By Editorial
Translated By Hirotoshi Kimura
3 June 2014
Edited by Lau­rence Bouvard

Owing to China's unruly behavior in its neighboring seas, the Sea of Asia is tumbling. Against this backdrop, an Asian security forum took place in Singapore. Japan and the U.S. squared off bitterly with China. Some reflection on the discussion would help throw into some sort of relief the role that Japan ought to play in the future.

Spanning from May 30 to Jan. 1, the forum's participants included Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera from Japan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel from the U.S. and other defense ministers from the region. From China, Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong attended.

One accomplishment is that the U.S. and Japan have shown a united front in agreeing that China's attempt to overthrow the status quo is reprehensible.

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For instance, one idea would be to help the countries in the region revamp their sea and airports, in cooperation with the U.S., so that America's large-size warships and airplanes may patrol the area more easily.