Unfortunate event in East China Sea

Maehara Seiji pretty made his name on the back the Senkaku dispute September of last year. His name was mud in Beijing, which ironically, is an advantage of sorts. The newly appointed Matsumoto Takeaki is unlikely to has the punch to be able to take the fight to Beijing over the East China Sea issue and will be a responsive player. As much as anything, the upcoming trilateral meeting between the CJK make making a stand on the start of production (extraction of Oil) by China's state owned SNOOC in the disputed areas (Shirakaba) too difficult I suspect.

While Chief Cabinet Sect. Edano has noted with concern the development of CNOOC going into the area to start production, he is waiting before responding.

I think Maehara would have picked up the phone and starting making a fuss already.

http://www.asahi.com/politics/update/0309/TKY201103090225.html?ref=rss