As long as Japan Navy still dominates the Japan sea and East China Sea ... they are still safe.
Japan Navy is still the Asia No.1 of submarines technology, AEGIS destroyer, aircraft carrier ( actually no other Asian country built themselves an aircraft carrier ), aircraft building ...
Japan also helped Vietnam to launch a testing satellite into orbital, the others by Arian rocket based, which is Western source
Japan Gives Vietnam a Major Space Exploration Boost
Japan's $480 million investment in Vietnam's fledgling space industry will improve Japan's galactic public image and give Vietnam its own set of eyes in outer space.
By
Jenara Nerenberg
Let's take a minute to untangle a bunch of innovation-related news from the Far East.
First off, Japan is
jumping right into advanced scientific and technological support in its latest dose of "official development assistance" to Vietnam, loans amounting to $480 million for space exploration. The news comes as Japan has declared China a less-than-friendly place to do business, while seeing Vietnam and India as increasingly more attractive countries to invest in.
The loans are to be spent on three projects--two observation satellites, an Earth-based space center, and the training of engineers by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The space center will be established just west of the northern city of Hanoi in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park and will accommodate satellite testing facilities, as well as a data analysis office. And the goal of training the local Vietnamese engineers is ultimately knowledge transfer.
But the mission is not an entirely selfless one--according to the
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan is looking to increase its space technology know-how and corresponding public image. The country has also announced plans to launch its own
GPS satellites, rather than depend on the network of the United States.
In related news, the government-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation recently released
survey results indicating that India has overtaken China as the most attractive market for Japan to do business in, thereby snubbing Japan's neighbor--and recent
rare earth scandal-plagued frenemy--China. (Japan was one of China's
early victims when China cut off rare earth exports to the country after a fishing boat-related argument.) Cozying it up with India, on top of fortifying technological, industrial, and "aid" ties with China's other neighbor, Vietnam, is sure to help Japan keep tabs on nearby China.