In recent months, China has launched a new war of attrition by sending patrol ships frequently to the waters around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China calls Diaoyu. This physical assertiveness followed often-violent anti-Japanese protests in China in September, while a continuing informal boycott of Japanese goods has led to a sharp fall in Japan’s exports to China, raising the risk of another Japanese recession.
与此同时，中国一直是日本国会选举挥之不去的阴影。最近几个月中，中国发动了新消耗战，频繁派遣巡逻舰只前往日本控制的钓鱼岛（日本称尖阁列岛）附近水域。这一实力上的自信在9月份演变成充斥暴力的反日游行，而非官方的抵制日货运动导致日本对中国出口大幅下降，给日本带来了再次衰退的风险。