Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Fight over the せんかく(Diaoyu in Chinese) Islands

こんにちは、

こ ないだ、Japan and China have been disputing over a small chain of islands in the East China Sea. These islands are nationally recognized as Japan's territory but were previously owned by China. These two countries are basically on the brink of war as China is flying planes over the islands and Japan is threatening to shoot down these drones. The thing that is bad about this is that China says if Japan shoots down there drone then they will declare war... Hopefully this doesn't destroy our chances to go abroad. Japan is such a beautiful place with such rich culture. To see them go into war over something as useless as uninhabited islands is baffling. Hopefully this war does not happen and we can enjoy a summer, semester or year in the great country of Japan.


(Above is a picture of the islands)
(To the right is a protest by Chinese citizens when Japan first bought the islands)
(Below is a picture of the beautiful Palace Garden in Kyoto, Japan)

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