Lexus Reduces Manufacturing Output After China Protests

Yeah... It's a very complicated issue with such a long history between the two countries. My friend from Nanjing admitted that she loved the new CT 200h, but she personally couldn't purchase something Japanese. The thing is that Japan, being an archipelago of rocky mountains with little food and other commodities, had always been forced to conquer foreign lands to support itself. China, being nearby with scattered and easily conquered villages, had always been a target. Now those armies that the Japanese government sent out had to survive exhaustion and bloody scenes. That plus a little brainwashing by the government and/or military leaders led to some horrific actions, which can be explained by Professor Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in which Zimbardo himself succumbed to scary psychological changes. Obviously, the Abu Ghraib torture and prison abuse incidence is an example of how the modern military environment can still get out of hand. I'm not trying to justify any actions here, but I am trying to show why the dispute between China and Japan are so personal to citizens of both countries. If you grew up in China and was constantly reminded by textbooks and elders about the Nanjing Massacre, you are prone to such hatred. Incidentally, if you grew up in Japan and was constantly reminded that the Nanjing Massacre never existed, there would be an equal amount of despise. Comparable example here in the US: grade school textbooks usually mention little about the conflict between US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War although the Soviet Union [and Russia for that matter] and its people are often placed under bad light. My AP Government teacher who is white has a Japanese wife. The wife managed to convince her mother about the marriage, but she won't be able to become a US citizen until her mother passes away. The wife really wants to vote, but her mother naturally categorizes my teacher as one of those men who bombed her hometown and proliferated the red light scene. P.S.: It took me awhile to realize that "Jap" was a derogatory term; I wish I had known that earlier even though I'm not big on political correction. P.P.S.: I hope I didn't go too far off topic.

this is crazy I actually know people that are driving Lexus actually trading it in for German cars man... :/

I really really hate this happens !

So why does China think they own the small islets? And why does Japan bother and put all effort for just small worthless pieces of rocks! ..Unless there's other pressure from other nations prompting Japan to do this

--> CRUDE OIL, lots of oil under the islands.