Amid the many countries that have been vocal in making their claims over South China Sea, is there a possibility that a war would erupt soon?

In its report, Forbes noted that just like the Americans, the Japanese also worry that with the tension increasing, there could longer be a way out.

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Donald Kirk of the said news site revealed that "the Japanese are asserting themselves in the South China Sea to a degree that was unimaginable a few years ago."

It can be observed that several people have already expressed their fear over the possibility of a South China Sea war should any of the claiming countries would make move that might just spark a deeper tension among them.

According to Keio University professor Yorizumi Watanable, Japan is considering the South China Sea a concern as big as the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea where China challenges its control.

The professor predicted that Japan will reportedly declare an "air defense identification zone" in the highly-contested waters, just like what it did in the East China Sea.

Meanwhile, Forbes claimed that more than the threat of nuclear weapons being launched by North Korea, it is "China's activities in the South China Sea that are setting off the most alarm bells," especially that it has already made its point that it has the "engineering expertise."

It was pointed out that with this capacity of China, it has reportedly expanded the islands that it controls.

Along this line, Kirk dished that the question now is how to stop the Chinese without raging a regional war within the South China Sea, which the Philippines is also claiming.   

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