Like everyone else in Japan, I was completely oblivious to the war mongering coming from Australia. Yes, it seems that the new Labor Government have been urged to send warships, but thankfully ”Australia won’t go to war with Japan” [link removed, Google it].
War? There’s been no talk of war!
Australia’s Ambassador to Japan, Murray McLean, said starting a war with Japan was “absurd” and an option he “wouldn’t even contemplate”.
“The reason that we’re not proposing to use defence resources is that we are not proposing to go to war with Japan” he told reporters in Adelaide. Let me make that absolutely clear, this government will not be going to war with Japan. We will use diplomacy to the best of our ability.”
Of course, this is all about Japan’s latest whaling expedition which should see them catch over a thousand whales from waters off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Shh! Don’t tell the Japanese!
I’m not going to write about whaling because the foreign media have got that topic covered. What I find surprising is that despite the publicity this whale hunt has been getting overseas, including talk of “war”, it seems to be missing from the Japanese media. I do think the Japanese public would actually take an interest if the news cared to bring it to their attention. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen so many times before, the media only conveys selected news.
