Dose of reason needed

Anger management has emerged as achallenging task for our government, society, and individual citizens, as Japan continues with its provocations over the Diaoyu Islands.

Japan's antics are despicable and we are justified in expressing our ire at such outright violation of our sovereignty and condemning in the harshest terms Japan's open disregard of international law and the decencies of the international community.

We are also justified in worrying about the potential threat an increasingly belligerent Japan constitutes.