The Asia-Pacific region seems to be growing less peaceful these days. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara openly talked of his plan during a recent U.S. trip of having the Tokyo metropolitan government buy the disputed Senkaku Islands, which is known as Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and as Diaoyuatais in China.
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