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I don't think Japan can really revive its economy on the basis of whatever development plans it has for the Diaoyu Islands.
Though his nation is in East Asia, newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has driven home the message that he will give diplomatic priority to the Japan-US alliance.
Japan's prime minister
Japan should make denials of war atrocities a crime, as Germany has done, instead of trying to whitewash its countrymen's massacres and rapes.
Election in Japan
Election in Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda officially dissolved the House of Representatives on Nov 16 and there will be a general election on Dec 16.
Zhang said Japan asking China to choose between the Japanese government and the right-wing forces "purchasing" the islands was like giving a choice between two kinds of poison.
But some Chinese have opposed the visit, with a few even using offensive language against the Chinese tourists to Japan.