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Not long ago, Japan saw mostly economic opportunity with China, but with security challenges growing, the calculus has changed.

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel in waters near the Senkaku Islands (Provided by Japan Coast Guard) Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use, the Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly and more brazenly tested Japan’s resolve to avoid escalating tensions around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The law, enacted on Feb. 1, gives Chinese Coast Guard crew members the right to use weapons if needed against foreign ships that ignore their instructions. Less than a week after the law went into effect, Japan learned how serious the Chinese were about implementing it. “There is no doubt Ch...