Primed to explode: China and Japan step up military posturing as dispute over islands linger

Primed to explode: China and Japan step up military posturing as dispute over islands linger | The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond: "October 15, 2012 – JAPAN – Sunday saw the Japanese Navy celebrate its 60th anniversary with the equivalent of an ocean-based military parade featuring around 40 of the country’s ships. The exercise, held in waters south of Tokyo, was clearly intended to be a display of maritime strength as the dispute with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, while calmer, still continues."