Abe adheres to abnormality

The Foreign Affairs Committee of Japan's House of Representatives last week adopted a resolution criticizing China's drilling operations off the Xisha Islands, claiming they are exacerbating tensions in the South China Sea.

This resolution follows similar groundless accusations made by senior Japanese government officials including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

Japan is the party least eligible to point a finger at issues pertaining to the South China Sea, as not only has it no direct involvement now, it is Japan itself that created the historical legacy issues by illegally seizing Chinese islands during World War II, said a Xinhua News Agency commentary.