Chinese marine surveillance vessels (before) and Japanese patrol boat in waters adjacent embankments surrounding islands disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea
Deputy Defense Minister of Japan Kenji Harada described the security situation in East Asia is becoming more "serious" and warned tensions between China and Japan relating to disputed islands Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea escalated to dangerous levels, according to The Washington Free Beacon website (US) dated 16.2.
"The situation is extremely dangerous," said Harada interview on Chinese efforts to establish air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, including the Senkaku Islands / Diaoyu Islands, Japan's overlapping ADIZ Japan and South Korea. Mr. Harada said: "We will be ready to respond to this situation."
Chinese ships and aircraft to strengthen loitering in the Senkaku Islands / Diaoyu since it unilaterally declared ADIZ founded in 2013. The F-15 fighter jets from Japan often be called upon to block Chinese aircraft.
Mr. Harada said Beijing is applying strategic "information war", often using state media to paint false picture of Japan, so many people are still under the mistaken Japanese militarism as the 2nd world War.
"We found that the Chinese are using third war strategy," said Harada said.
"Three battle" was raised in the report by the Pentagon in 2014. According to the Pentagon report, China has used the strategy "strategic triangle" includes: Psychological warfare (Psychological Warfare), Information War news (Media warfare) and legal War (legal warfare).
Harada minister rejects accusations of China said that Japan is to revive militarism, this is called allegations "baseless". "This is just part of the information war that China is taking," he said Harada.
"Since the end of World War 2, Japan has made efforts to become a peaceful country, and according to Japan's pacifist constitution we have the right to defense and never become a nation threaten other countries, "said Harada.
Japan also continues to maintain a superpower status is not nuclear weapons and not develop nuclear weapons despite the threat of attack by missiles carrying nuclear warheads from Korea and China, Mr. Harada for know.
The Japanese military forces to strengthen the focus of the policy of the government Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to respond before the military threat from China.
Japan's parliament last week's debate on the country's defense budget is expected to increase from 39.5 billion in 2014 to 41 billion in 2015.
In contrast, China has declared a 10% budget increase room, estimated at 142 billion dollars in 2015.
"Japan is facing security concerns actually from the rise of the Chinese military," he said Harada.
Strengthening military forces
The Japanese Army, known by the name of Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), ongoing military buildup, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
JSDF has orders to buy 46 advanced fighter F-35, two destroyers equipped with Aegis missile defense system of the United States, increasing the number of submarines from 16 to 22, and upgrade the defense system missile. Japanese troops will get the aircraft reconnaissance unmanned Global Hawk in the next two years.
The Japanese government has created a high-level policy unit called the National Security Council, similar to the US, including senior officials and forces personnel responsible for coordination, policy coordination security and defense.
Tokyo is also considering setting up a foreign intelligence agencies operating model as the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the British intelligence agency MI-6.
Some recent policy changes also allow Japan increased use of satellite and space weapons for defense.
Abe Administration also strengthen alliance with key countries including India, Australia, Southeast Asia, South Korea and the US is to deal with China.
He Narushige Michishita, national security expert at the Institute of Policy Studies Japanese national, or Tokyo to strengthen military force is needed to cope with new challenges and threats from China.
China in decades continued to increase defense spending and expanding military power to force Japan to adapt to new security threats in the region, according to Mr. Harada.
Japan is working with the US to develop weapons can deal with "anti-access strategy and regional blockade" of China, including submarines, missiles and aircraft aims to control online strategic sea near China.
Mr. Harada said China is building military bases in Nanji Island of China from disputed Senkaku Islands / Diaoyu about 300 km. This makes the Japanese forces to continuously monitor the activities of the Chinese military, Mr. Harada said.
Officials Japan and China are expected to meet in the next 19.3 days, talks about the problem set "communication mechanism" to resolve the dispute in the air and at sea in the region, according to The Washington Free Beacon.