Japan, Hua Chunying (華春瑩)

I must point out that the territorial disputes between Japan and its neighbors stem from its past aggression and colonial rules. We hope that Japan can face up to history, have a deep reflection on it and take real action to win back trust from its Asian neighbors.

- Hua Chunying (華春瑩), during a regular press briefing (2014.02.05)

History, Li Keqiang

The forces of justice and the Chinese people -- and the people elsewhere who love peace -- will never accept any comments or actions that seek to deny or glorify the past history of fascist aggression.

- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (May 27, 2013)

Takeshima, Norio Kuboi

We confirmed that South Korean residents are living on Takeshima, and that the islets are being guarded. It is clear that South Korea is in a position of being able to claim sovereignty over the islets.

- Norio Kuboi, a professor at Momoyama Gakuin University (also known as St. Andrew’s University) on May 24, 2013.

Japan, Hua Chunying (華春瑩)

Abe's visit to the shrine has already attracted the Chinese people's ire and denunciation. How can a person who is not willing to face up to their own history, to facts, win the trust of the international community or cause people to believe he has a role to play in maintaining regional and global peace and stability?

- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying (Dec 27, 2013)

Japan, Catherine Ashton

Abe's visit to the shrine was not conducive to lowering tensions in the region or to improving relations with Japan's neighbors.

- EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (Dec 27, 2013)

Japan, Caroline Kennedy

The United States is disappointed that Japan's leadership has taken an action that will exacerbate tensions with Japan's neighbors.

- Caroline Kennedy (1957- ), a statement posted on the website of the U.S. embassy in Tokyo (Dec 26, 2013)

Mr. Abe's provocative move prompted the U.S. government to issue a statement expressing its disapproval.

Japan, Luo Zhaohui (羅照輝)

Japan must bear the consequences arising from this. The visit, the first by an incumbent Japanese prime minister since 2006, causes great harm to the feelings of the Asian people and creates a significant new political obstacle to bilateral relations.

- Luo Zhaohui (羅照輝), a director-general of the ministry's department of Asian affairs, in a statement posted on a verified ministry microblog (Dec 26, 2013)

Japan, Koichi Nakano

Bilateral summits will now be even more of a long shot. It will likely also hurt Tokyo's ties with Washington, considering how the U.S. has been pushing for Japan to improve ties with its Asian neighbors. The visit seems to make it obvious that Mr. Abe's economic polices were a guise to hide his nationalistic intent.

- Koichi Nakano, a political science professor at Sophia University in Tokyo (Dec 26, 2013)

Japan, Qin Gang (秦剛)

The essence of Japanese leaders' visits to the Yasukuni shrine is to beautify Japan's history of militaristic aggression and colonial rule. It is an attempt to overturn international society's just ruling on Japan's militarism and to challenge the results of World War II and the post-war international order.

- Qin Gang (秦剛), Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman, immediately after Abe's visit to the shrine (
Dec 26, 2013)

Japan, Qin Gang (秦剛)

We strongly protest and seriously condemn the Japanese leader's acts.

- Qin Gang (秦剛), Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman, immediately after Abe's visit to the shrine

Dokdo,CHO Byung-jae

We(Korea) exert full sovereignty over Dokdo. It is totally meangless whatever the Japanese Government claims.

- CHO Byung-jae, South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman

WSJ: Quakes Echo World-Wide

JAPAN NEWS|MARCH 28, 2011
Quakes Echo World-Wide
Major Temblors Can Set Off Small Eruptions but Not Big Ones, Researchers Say

By GAUTAM NAIK

Seismologists have revived a longstanding question in the wake of recent earthquakes: Can a giant temblor in one location trigger another large one thousands of miles away?