News Digest from the March 2013 Edition

JAPAN’S FURY AS CHINESE WARSHIP LOCKS ON TO ITS DESTROYER Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing over disputed islands in the East China Sea took a dangerous twist when a Chinese warship allegedly made a fire control radar lock-on against a Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer. The incident was said to have taken place off the Senkaku Islands (called the Diaoyu by the Chinese) over which Japan claims sovereignty. The Japanese ...