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• Shifts in Asia Fuel Territorial Flare-Ups

o Tensions b/w Japan, China, S. Korea, & Russia, over uninhabited islands.

• w/ China over the East China Sea Islands

 Expulsion of Chinese activists by Japanse govt. led to anti-Japanese riots in China

• w/ South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks

• w/ Russia over the four Kuril Islands controlled by Russia. Some think Putin is trying to reassert dominance, worries about image in Asia.

o Rooted in history of imperialistic expanision by Japan towards its neighbors in the first half of the 20th century.

• Countries seem to be testing weakening Japan

o Japan being pushed into defensive position due to rise of China and countries engaging in power politics.

o Japan facing tension on three fronts:

1. Chinese activists on one of the contested islands

2. Tokyo and Seoul tit for tat

3. Russia threatening to send naval ships to islands

o Threat of political tensions b/w Tokyo and Seoul affecting economic ties

• Anti-Japan protestors call for boycott of Japanese products

• Japan cancelled bilateral finance minister meeting

o Tiffs possibly stoked by questions regarding Jap/US alliance.

• Opposition in Japan to U.S. military bases

• U.S. wants strong U.S.-Japan-S. Korea relations in order to keep China at bay.

• Rising nationalism in Japan

• Retailers’ Dilemma: To Ax or Help Fix Bad Factories

o H&M pledging to work with factories to improve their standards.

Biggest buyer of clothing from Bangladesh’s $20 billion garment industry.

Wal-Mart blacklisting 250 suppliers after series of deadly factory fires in Bangladesh, killing more than 1100

• Walt Disney no longer producing

o Those who support the stay-and-fix-it approach say that it forces retailers to play more active roll in raising standards, increasing odds factories will improve.

• Approach has it’s limits. Retailers can’t catch everything.

• H&M performing two unannounced visits a month for fire-safety checks.

• DBL Group says they have...