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China and Japan 2 Jakarta
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 17 - 04 - 2005


mail exchange, so it's
"not clear if China is ready to calm the waters."
Anti-Japanese protests erupted after Tokyo approved a new
history textbook that critics say downplays wartime
Japanese atrocities, including mass sex slavery and germ
warfare.
But Machimura denied the accusations Thursday, saying he
didn't believe that the texts would cause "any problems
with China, Korea or any other countries in Asia."
"Not a single textbook glorifies or justifies Japanese
actions during the war whether it be the colonization of
Korea or the invasion of China or acts of aggression in
other parts of Asia," he said. "Though there may be
discussions regarding these textbooks, I believe that no
one has actually read the alleged textbooks in reality."
He added: "We are confident about our past record in the
past six decades in promoting peace."
The downward spiral in relations with China has also has
been fueled by disputes over Tokyo's effort to obtain a
permanent U.N. Security Council seat and gas-drilling in
disputed waters, as well as wider rivalry for regional
dominance.
Some have suggested Beijing allowed the protests to
undermine Japan's U.N. campaign.
China also is angry at Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni
Shrine in Tokyo, which honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead
including executed war criminals.
The Asian-African Summit begins Friday, with nearly 50
delegations commemorating the 1955 birth of the Nonaligned
Movement _ ample time for Hu and Koizumi to meet along the
sidelines.
Hatsuhisa Takashima, a Japanese Foreign Ministry
spokesman, who was with Tokyo's delegation in Jakarta, said
Wednesday that his government was "hopeful" for a
meeting.
"After all, China and Japan are very big trade partners
and our economies are interdependent."
A fence-mending mission to Beijing by Machimura last
weekend failed after China allowed more protests and
rejected Tokyo's demand for an apology.
China says its security forces have done their best to
prevent violence during three weekends of anti-Japanese
demonstrations in cities throughout the country.


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