protest - Pressure on Japan mounts as demo's spread

The pressure on Japan to act is increasing as the number of demonstrations in China goes up, while Nobutaka Machimura, the Japanese minister of foreign affairs started talks in Beijing today, writes Bloomberg.

"Tensions between Japan and China have risen to a point where Japan needs to do something,'' said Noriko Hama, a professor of economics at Doshisha University
in Kyoto. ``They are worried the situation may worsen if they leave it. They
probably hope to ease tension at least by taking action from the Japanese side.''

New demonstrations are reported from Shenyang, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Hong Kong and a smaller one in Shanghai again. Shenzhen reported 30,000 demonstrators today, matching yesterdays record in Shanghai. According to AFP a labor conflict at a Japanese company turned political in Guangdong.