Given that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI, it seems Abe is seizing the opportunity to try and obfuscate the real reason why tensions continue to escalate.
If a government claims to recognize you as the sole legal government of a country, but at the same time allows some of its lawmakers to institute a relationship act with part of your territory, you have good reason to feel cheated and ask why.
No matter what means are used by the Japanese side to support its unilateral and illegal sovereign claims, the fact that the Diaoyu Islands are an inherent part of China’s territory cannot be distorted or changed.
Adding to the world's concern, Japan is also reportedly hoarding more than 1.2 tons of enriched uranium and another 44 tons of plutonium, which overwhelmingly dwarf its civilian demands.
Japan refuses to even admit the nature, let alone scale, of its war crimes during WWII, and that refusal has now spread beyond the government to the country's most important broadcasting organization.
One tragedy of World War II was Japan's fascist fanatics driving young pilots into suicidal attacks on US warships. These kamikaze attacks have become synonymous with crazy, reckless behavior.
The political energy displayed by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is becoming a real threat that the international community needs to effectively guard against.
Abe's worrisome rhetoric denying Japan's war crimes against humanity and its liabilities has dragged Japan into an abyss of disgrace.
Despite Abe's abject denials of the historical truth and evidence, Japan is still liable for its wartime crimes against humanity.
These rebuffs show that Washington has put Abe on notice that he can continue misreading history and ignoring subtle messages only at his own peril.
Despite being responsible for the current impasse between China and Japan, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has made an unctuous appeal to avoid a war.
Japan's occupation of Diaoyu Islands violates all established laws and poses a challenge to post-war international order.