Japan Moving Closer to India and China and Further From USA
Tokyo, Japan
The government of Japan is taking steps to get closer to India:
India and Japan: Strengthening Defence Co-operationInstitute for Defence Studies and Analyses – Dec 22, 2009by Rajaram Panda [IDSA is funded by the Indian Ministry of Defence.]The forthcoming two-day visit of Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to India on December 28-29, 2009 for a summit with his Indian counterpart is paving the way for the deepening of the bilateral relationship. Hatoyama’s talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will possibly cover topics including an economic partnership agreement between the two countries and measures against global warming and terrorism.
The new Japanese Prime Minister’s India visit is coming on the heels of Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s visit to Japan on November 8-10, 2009, thus reinforcing the message that Hatoyama’s foreign policy is Asia-centric…
Evidence that Hatoyama was shaping a foreign policy for Japan that focuses more on Asia and downplays the country’s excessive dependence on the United States came sharply when Hatoyama floated the idea of an East Asian Community while visiting China and South Korea in October 2009…
The Japan-India Maritime Security Dialogue was inaugurated in October 2009 and held in India. The main objective of this dialogue is to co-ordinate efforts to ensure safety of navigation in the relevant areas. http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/IndiaandJapanStrengtheningDefenceCooperation_rpanda_221209
The government of Japan is taking steps to get closer to China:
Japan’s Risky Rapprochement With ChinaTokyo’s embrace of Beijing could jeopardize Japan’s security relationship with the U.S.Wall Street Journal – Dec 21, 2009By KELLEY CURRIEThe new Japanese government has wasted no time in “rebalancing” the country’s foreign-policy stance toward China, as last week’s lavish visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Tokyo shows. Warming relations between North Asia’s two powers should be good for both, and the region as a whole. But Japan’s growing friendship with the authoritarian regime in Beijing has inherent limits that the new government is starting to push up against.
Mr. Xi’s visit to the Imperial Palace last week was a political coup for China. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama personally pushed hard for the audience, taking the unprecedented step of overruling the head of the Imperial Household Agency, which initially turned down the request due its short notice. The prime minister gave the Chinese further face at American expense by announcing the postponement of a decision on the Okinawa rebasing while Mr. Xi was still in Japan.
The Xi visit is only the latest in a string of recent outreaches between the two governments. Last month Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie visited Tokyo and inked an agreement on unprecedented military cooperation between China and Japan, including joint maritime rescue exercises. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107604574607430596196244.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
These steps are likely to move Japan further away from the USA. This is consistent with a report here when Japan changed its government (see Japan Changed Government).
And these steps are consistent with biblical prophecy that suggests that Japan, India, China, and other Asian nations (like Korea) will ultimately cooperate militarily.
Some articles of possibly related interest may include:
Japan, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Any Witness? This is a brief article about Japan. Have they had any witness?
Japan, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: Prophecy Japan in prophecy. What is prophesied for Japan? Will God save the Japanese?
India, Its Biblical Past and Future: Any Witness? The Bible discusses the origins of those of Indian heritage and discusses some of the witness to them (including those in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?
Asia in Prophecy What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the “Kings of the East”? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, and others of Asia? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?
Korea in Prophecy, Any Witness? Does God have a plan for the Koreans? Is Korea mentioned in any prophecies? Will Koreans be among the first in the Kingdom of God? 한국의 언어로 : 한국 예언, 모든 증인에?
