The White House refuses to take sides in the China-Japan relations, and Shintaro Ishihara urgently contacts the Pentagon!
Last night, the White House spokesperson Levitt refused to comment on the current China-Japan impasse and emphasized the importance of maintaining good relations with China, which caused tension in Japan.
Defense Minister Shintaro Ishihara held a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of War Hagel on December 12th. The conversation started at 6 a.m. and lasted about 40 minutes. Both sides exchanged opinions on the regional situation, including the Chinese military aircraft's radar illumination of the Self-Defense Forces' aircraft on December 6th.
Shintaro Ishihara accused the so-called provocative and threatening behavior of the neighboring country to the U.S., and hoped that the Pentagon would publicly support Japan's continued monitoring activities in the surrounding sea and air space.
Hagel said consolingly that the radar illumination incident does not help regional peace and stability. The U.S. expressed serious concerns about any actions that escalate tensions in the region, but there were no substantive supportive measures.
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