The Current Tension in the East China Sea Islands Dispute is Japan/US fault.

#1 History is not defined by years but rather by consequences of events. The First Major Event is Japan invasion of China in 1931 Or as far as the First Sino-Japanese war. This is not forgotten by the People of China, Korea, and Southeast Asia nations. The wound did not Heal yet as it's constantly reopen by Right Wing Japanese politician in the years leading up to the Current tension. #2 China military spending and increase assertiveness over its dispute island is the result of the restructuring of China national defense strategy. This change was indirectly caused by the First Iraq War and the Iraqi usage of Chinese weapon which were dominated for the most part by the Coalition lead by United States. Meaning China military spending was not direct at Japan but rather directed at the United States and its obligation to Taiwan and the United States Seventh Flee in Singapore. #3 China world"s 2nd largest economy and largest trading nation (recent and also could be debated), as it needs resources to continue its economic growth and making sure that no nation or party can interfere with trade lanes of the South and East China Sea. Once again this is not directed at the Japanese as the tension was lessened by the normalization of 1970"s. This Current Dispute events STARTS with Japan nationalized/purchase the Disputed Islands in the East China Sea on September 2012. This Means the Change of the Status Quo from Deng Xiaoping diffusion of the Island dispute during 1972. ( "It does not matter if this question is shelved for some time, say, 10 years. Our generation is not wise enough to find common language on this question. Our next generation will certainly be wiser. They will certainly find a solution acceptable to all." (Deng Xiaoping) This was the best means of reducing tension in both Sino-Japanese relations and the East China Sea region and Japan miscalculated with it acts. While I recognized that the nationalization of the islands by the Japanese Government was an attempt to prevent Shintaro Ishihara Former Mayor of Tokyo (a Right Wing Nationalist) from purchasing the Islands. Thus a move to prevent/reduce the tension but nevertheless A Purchase is still A Purchase. This was still an Act of choosing evil even if it's the lesser Evil but Evil nevertheless. The Freedom of Speech is a wonderful gift of the modern era, but this gift has also allow Right Wing authors, politicians to storm up the Chinese and Korean nationalism. As they attempt to down play and/or rewrite World War 2 history in both media and public education. This fuels the tension of today. While Germany has satisfied the European/Allied nations, Japan has not with its neighbors. With the Current administration visit to Yasukuni Shrine (the US also is "disappointed" with visit) and denial of Comfort women (sex slave) by Shinz!3; Abe (the Current Prime Minister of Japan December 26, 2012- Present). This fundamentally has broken the trust of the Chinese and Korean people and furthering the fuel of tension on both State levels and people to people levels. The un-bilateral creation of Japan ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) which was created by United States and taken over the Japanese government in 1969, which neither the Chinese nor Russian recognize. Even through the media in the recent news are covered with China creation of its own ADIZ ( November 2013). Japan did not consider the feeling of its neighbor when it expanded and maintain the ADIZ created by US. I also Add that Before the tension with purchase of the island. Japan ADIZ expanded in 1972 and 2010. 2010 one created an overlap of Taiwan ADIZ. China is not Ideal state by western ideology, and the bias political negativity in the media about China (the state, culture and people) are plenty but China Did Not Start the tension over island. Both China and Japan worked through and maintain the relations with issues like 2008 with Chunxiao gas field issue, although disputed at first, but nevertheless solved. Japan un-bilateral nationalization of the islands however is crossing the red line. The Japanese government doesn't even recognize there is a dispute over the islands, furthering from the Status Quo of the 1972). United States of America is and was one of dominate Force of the pacific/Asian region. Even through United States is thousands of sea miles away from Asia, its military bases, former territories and former colonies have allow the US to maintain a presences in the Asia/Pacific Region. Taiwan is A Key issue that involves both Japan and United States and stability of the region. Japan annexed Taiwan after the first Sino-Japanese war, which may or may not have included the currently disputed islands. United States came into the picture, after it made sure Taiwan (the Republic of China) was under its protection after People"s Republic of China involvement in the Korean War. The United States Did Not recognize PRC part of UN until January 1979 and according the declassified documents; United States did not recognize Taiwan as part of China during the Cold war. Meaning PRC for the most part was not in the consideration of United States ( A nation that preach "all things that"s good" while denying the legitimacy of a government that govern 1/6 of the world population and the continuation of a government (ROC) that already has decades of record on corruption, massacres, assassination, and other criminal acts.) This brings me to my point, that the United States government is/has placed Taiwan and the disputed islands sovereignty up for grab into order to upset the world 2nd and 3rd largest economy into conflict. Using Japan own desire to rejuvenate its patriotism to upset a rival that is China (PRC). As the United States congress passes legislation that emboldens Japan from an Attack, ensuring Japan to move its domestic policies recklessly.