[DateK]

I'm of an European descent and I'm not talking on behalf of Japanese nation. Just my personal thoughts.

Japan (Tokyo) is my permanent home and I feel unease with all the economic developments of our immediate neighbor.

I'm more than happy that they could lift themselves up from poverty and I'll be happy if we could be good mutually respecting partners.

But I'm also quite concerned about my future in the next 10-15 years. Quick economic success can lead a nation to feel they are better than others. History tend to repeat itself.

Here is an outlook for the coming Great Siberian War: http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/International_security_affairs/c...

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Chinese don't have to start wars, they just need to keep (em)migrating. A peaceful conquest. Also by 2030 Tokyo/Japan will be a one big retirement centre, so you will have to enable more immigration (or finally come up with really good robots/rejuvenation pills).

[oscargrouch]

And to make things worse, lets say Japan has a "collective karma" against China.. I dont know how this generation(post-war) handle this... and if its just buried in the past..

Also we got one more powerful actor into the club of bullies (together with US and Russia)...

If one of those 3 bullies clash with each other (and boy, they like a fight).. say farewell to our beloved peace..

[xux]

And how did Japan get to where it is today, without fast economic success?

[notastartup]

I think you have nothing to worry about. Big powerful countries rarely fight each other because they both lose. China would always back down from a war because they have most to lose, unless they were facing direct invasion by outside forces.

Also nobody wants Siberia and I'm willing to bet the cost of annexing it and trying to revitalize it as some new economic zone would be a fruitless effort. I mean if Mongols didn't want it back then I'm sure nobody else wants it now